Bacteria secrete a sticky substance called mucilage which forms a biofilm that can allow for the evasion of host defenses and hold bacterial colonies together.

Disease that regularly affects animals in a particular area or at a particular season.

Fruiting body of a fungus.

Which characteristics do fungus and animals NOT have in common?

phylogenetic tree(1).png  Using the phylogenetic tree, which of the following is most closely related to species D?

Structural carb found in cell walls of most fungi

A change in allele frequencies over successive generations in a population signifies that some level of evolution is occurring.

apes_cladogram.jpg  Humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans are members of a clade called the great apes, which shared a common ancestor about fifteen million years ago. Gibbons and siamangs comprise a clade called the lesser apes. Tree-branch lengths indicate elapsed time. Chimps and gorillas are humans’ closest relatives. If humans were removed from the great ape clade and placed in a different clade of their own, this would have the effect of making the phylogenetic tree of the great apes _____.

______________ is the science of describing, naming, and classifying living and extinct organisms and viruses.

What characteristic(s) make arthropods so successful?