Monday, December 16, 2013

Study Notes (Part 2)

Ø  African sleeping sickness is in the phylum trypanosomes and its scientific name is trypanosome brucei
Ø  It affects the nervous system
Ø  Different blood types have different enzymes on the outside
o   Blood type O is recessive
o   Blood type AB is a form of codominance
o   Blood type A is only made with AA or AO
o   Blood type B is only made with BB or BO
Ø  Euglenoid=freshwater dinoflagellate photoautotroph
Ø  Diatom=silica perforated shell pillbox shaped
Ø  A viroid is a piece of genetic information that is like a virus but with no proteins and is tightly folded RNA
Ø  viroid=naked, dangerous genetic info with no proteins
o   vs.

Ø  prion=coagulate massive deposit inside brain and causes infections, is tightly folded RNA, is not naked, and is a protien that is hard to solute (mad cow disease)

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