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Plant Biology
Exam 4
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
11/16/2015

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Viroids
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infectious agents that consist of just sing;e circle of RNA that is about 90 percent shorter than viruses
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Viruses
Definition
an infectious agent classified as if it is alive but lacking most of the properties of life except when in a host cell, consisting of a protein coat and genetic material, either DNA or RNA
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Symbiosis
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two species living in close association, often physiologically connected
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organelles
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membrane bound structures in eukaryotic organisms that are lacking in prokaryotic organisms
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absorption
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external digestion where an organism puts digestive enzymes into the environment and then the small organic molecules moved into the organism to supply it with nourishment
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