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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Phylogenies \& History of Life}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} PHYLOGENY: hypothesis abt evolutionary relationships, built as trees & Molecular Clocks: estimates the absolute time iof evolutionary change based on mutation rates and fossils (limited bc mut. rates vary) \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} NOTE: Show patterns of desent NOT levels of advancement and similarity does not always mean close relatedness & Fossil Record: shows macroevolutionary changes in history of life and reveals extint species, transitional forms, and timing of major events \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 7) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Tree Parts: Root, Node, Branch, Sister taxa & Origin of Life: earth started with little oxygen but lots of water vapor \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Sister Taxa: two linages that share a more recent common ancestor & processes could make simple cells in 4 stages (hypotheses) \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Basal taxon: branch diverges out from all other ones & 1) RNA (RNA as genetic material and a catalyst) \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Monophyletic (Clade): ancestor + all decendants & 2) Synthesis of macromolecules \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Paraphyletic: ancestor + some decendants & 3) Protocells (with lipid membranes) \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 2) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Phylogenies \& History of Life (cont)}} \tn % Row 7 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Polyphyletic: distantly related without common ancestor & 4) Abiotic Synthesis \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Homology: similar by shared ancestry} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Analogy: similar by convergent evolution} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Homoplasty: similar not due to ancestry} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Orthologous Genes: speciation, different species} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Paralogous Genes: gene duplication, within species} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Viruses \& Vaccines}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Viruses: acellular infectious agents that exist between living and nonliving & Viruses Classified By: type of nucleuic acid, single vs double stranded, RNA sense (+ or -), presence of envelope \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE ALIVE & Retroviruses: single stranded RNA genome that uses reverse transcription to copy its genome into DNA called PROVIRUS \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 6) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} WHY NOT LIVING: cannot keep homeostatsis, cannot reproduce without host, does not grow or respond to stimuli on own & Lysogenic: dormancy without destruction \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 6) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Genome: DNA or RNA (not both) & Lytic: immediate destruction \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Capsid: protein coat that protects genome, built from capsomeres & Capsid Shapes: icosahedrak (sphere), helical (rod), complex (bacteriophages) \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Envelope (optional): lipid bilayer from host cell membrane, viral glycoproteins & Bacteriophages: infect bacteria, elgonated head with DNA and protein tail, best understood of viruses \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{How vaccines work: mimics the process of antigen exposure in a safe way. antigen presenting cells take up antigens amd present immune cells, T \& B cells respond} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{PLANTS}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Plant Form \& Physiology Plant Organs • Roots: anchor, absorb water/minerals, storage • Stems: support, transport • Leaves: photosynthesis Tissue Types • Dermal: protection (epidermis, cuticle) • Ground: photosynthesis, storage, support o Parenchyma (metabolism) o Collenchyma (flexible support) o Sclerenchyma (rigid, lignin) • Vascular: o Xylem → water/minerals (dead cells) o Phloem → sugars (living cells) Transport • Transpiration: water loss through stomata • Cohesion-tension theory: pulls water upward in xylem • Pressure-flow hypothesis: sugars move source → sink in phloem Stomata • Controlled by guard cells • Open for gas exchange, close to prevent water loss Plant Hormones • Auxin: elongation, phototropism • Gibberellin: growth, germination • Cytokinin: cell division, delays aging • Ethylene: fruit ripening • ABA: dormancy, stress response Seedless Plants General Traits • No seeds or pollen • Reproduce by spores • Require water for fertilization • Alternation of generations Bryophytes (Nonvascular) • Mosses, liverworts • No true roots/stems/leaves • Gametophyte-dominant • Small, moist habitats Seedless Vascular Plants • Ferns, horsetails • Have xylem \& phloem • Sporophyte-dominant • Larger size Life Cycle • Sporophyte (2n) → spores • Gametophyte (n) → gametes • Fertilization → zygote → sporophyte Seed Plants Key Innovations • Seeds: protect embryo + food supply • Pollen: reproduction without water • Reduced gametophyte • Dominant sporophyte Gymnosperms • Naked seeds (cones) • Wind pollination • Conifers, cycads Angiosperms • Flowering plants • Seeds enclosed in fruit • Double fertilization o Zygote + endosperm Flower Parts • Sepals: protect • Petals: attract pollinators • Stamen: male • Carpel/Pistil: female Monocots vs Eudicots • Monocots: 1 cotyledon, parallel veins, flower parts in 3s • Eudicots: 2 cotyledons, net veins, flower parts in 4s/5s} \tn % Row Count 40 (+ 40) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 40 (+ 0) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}