growth resulting in an increase in length of the stem and the root; caused by cell division in the shoot or root apical meristem

trophic level that obtains its energy from sunlight, inorganic chemicals, or dead and/or decaying organic material

linear sequence of amino acids in a protein.

succession on land that previously has had no life

enzyme that synthesizes the RNA primer; the primer is needed for DNA pol to start synthesis of a new DNA strand

order of lemurs, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans

short stretch of nucleotides that is required to initiate replication; in the case of replication, the primer has RNA nucleotides

infectious particle that consists of proteins that replicate without DNA or RNA

small DNA fragment to determine if the complementary sequence is present in a DNA sample

molecule that is result of chemical reaction

probability of two independent events occurring simultaneously can be calculated by multiplying the individual probabilities of each event occurring alone

viral infection that leads to the production of new virions

reproductive hormone in women; assists in endometrial regrowth and inhibition of FSH and LH release

transitional group of plants that resembled conifers because they produced wood, yet still reproduced like ferns

unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus or any other membrane-bound organelle