number of ecological niches

individuals that are members of different species

produces two types of spores

describes when only one mating type is present in an individual mycelium

organism that consumes organic substances or other organisms for food

having two different alleles for a given gene on the homologous chromosome

torpor over a long period of time, such as a winter

region in the renal pelvis where blood vessels, nerves, and ureters bunch before entering or exiting the kidney

slightly rounded end of one bone fits into the slightly hollow end of the other bone

brain structure in the temporal lobe involved in processing memories

epigenetic modification that leads to gene silencing; a process involving adding or removing an acetyl functional group

study that attempts to quantify the composition, interactions, and dynamics of entire ecosystems; often limited by economic and logistical difficulties, depending on the ecosystem

vcomplete cleavage; takes place in cells with a small amount of yolk

prokaryotic RNA polymerase consisting of α, α, β, β', and σ; this complex is responsible for transcription initiation

ability of an organism to maintain constant internal conditions