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Protists (IPA:
[prəʊˌtɪst]
) are a heterogeneous group of living things, comprising those eukaryotes that are not animals, plants, or fungi. They are usually treated as the kingdom Protista or Protoctista.
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Protists are a heterogenous group of living things, comprising those eukaryotes which are neither animals, plants, or fungi. They are usually treated as a kingdom Protista or Protoctista, first introduced by Haeckel.
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Protists without typical mitochondria
Choanoflagellates
The Protists
What are protists?
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Protists exhibit a great deal of variation in their life histories (life cycles). They exhibit an alternation between diploid and haploid phases that is similar to the alternation of generations found in plants.
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Protista: a kingdom that includes protozoa, one-celled algae, and slime molds.
protocells: the first cells.
protons: positively charged particles within the nucleus of an atom.
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protist A member of the kingdom Protista, generally considered to include the protozoa and eukaryotic algae.
Protista The kingdom whose members are characterized by being eukaryotic and unicellular or colonial.
proto-oncogene. See oncogene.
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A protist that lives primarily by ingesting food, an animal-like mode of nutrition.
provirus
Viral DNA that inserts into a host genome.
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26 Protists
27 Fungi
28 Seedless Plants
29 Seed Plants
30 Sponges, Cnidarians, Flatworms, Roundworms
31 Mollusks, Annelids, Arthropods
32 Echinoderms, Chordates
33 Animal Tissues ...
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Radiolaria. Protistan phylum, whose members are planktonic and secrete an often elaborate siliceous test
Radula. A belt of teeth, found in gastropods and chitons. Used for feeding.
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: This group of
protists
is most like animals in their behaviour and complexity. The
Paramecium
is the representative of the Ciliates.
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An organism whose cells possess a nucleus and other membrane-bound vesicles, including all members of the protist, fungi, plant and animal kingdoms; and excluding viruses, bacteria, and blue-green algae. See Prokaryote. Evolution.
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In 1969 Whittaker proposed a "five kingdom" system in which three kingdoms were added to the animals and plants: Monera (bacteria), Protista, and Fungi. Whittaker defined the kingdoms by a number of special characteristics.
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Eukaryotes include protists (single celled organisms like amoebas and diatoms and a few multicellular forms such as kelp), fungi (including mushrooms and yeast), plants and animals.
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Hair-like structure attached to a cell, used for locomotion in many protists and prokaryotes.
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Ciliophora Division (Phylum) of organisms within Kingdom Protista which use their numerous cilia for locomotion
(cili = eyelash; phora = bear carry)
CircadianRhythm having an activity cycle of about 24 hours
(circa = about; dies = day) ...
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contractile vacuole
An organelle that pumps excess water out of many freshwater protist cells.
Covered in Lab 6 Unicellular and Filamentous Organization (Euglena) ...
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Protist cell - kingdom containing organisms with eukaryotic cells that are unicellular and multicellular and reproduce sexually and asexually ...
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