Evolutionary Principles of Animal Behaviour

Flashcards summarizing key vocabulary and concepts from the lecture on Evolutionary Principles of Animal Behaviour.

Animal

Any live member of the animal kingdom, which includes mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and more, excluding humans.

Multicellular

Organisms composed of more than one cell.

Heterotrophic

Organisms that cannot manufacture their own food and must obtain nutrition from other sources of organic carbon.

Eukaryote

Organisms whose cells contain a membrane-bound nucleus.

Tissues

Groups of cells that develop from embryonic layers and form the various parts of the adult body.

Candidate genes

Specific genes identified through differential gene expression that show significant differences in their expression levels between different conditions or cell types.

Differential gene expression analysis

A method used to compare the expression levels of thousands of genes simultaneously to identify genes that regulate specific biological processes or conditions.

Animal Welfare Act 1999

New Zealand legislation that sets standards for the humane treatment of animals.

Hallucinations (in AI context)

Falsehoods generated by AI models, representing incorrect or fabricated information.

Pseudorandom number generators

Algorithms that produce sequences of numbers that only appear random but are actually predetermined.