Most of the older organisms were nearly wiped out, although a few hardy species survived.
大多数古老的生物几乎都灭绝了，但也有一些生命力顽强的物种存活了下来。
Wheeler said the superorganism of the hive "emerges" from the mass of ordinary insect organisms.
惠勒说，蜂巢的超级有机体，是从许多普通昆虫有机体中“涌现”出来的。
Genes are replicators that pass on information about properties and characteristics of organisms.
基因是传递生物属性和特征信息的复制因子。
These organisms tend to have big bodies, are long-lived, and spend relatively little effort each year on reproduction.
这些生物往往体型较大、寿命较长，并且每年在繁殖上花费的精力相对较少。
By isolating organisms completely from external periodic cues, biologists learned that organisms have internal clocks.
通过将生物体与外部的周期信号完全隔离，生物学家了解到生物体有内部的生物钟。
Watson, together with Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA, the genetic information carrier of all living organisms.
沃森和弗朗西斯·克里克发现了DNA的结构，这是所有生物的遗传信息载体。
Macrophages are cells that play a role in the response of the immune system of mice and other mammals to invasive organisms such as bacteria.
巨噬细胞是在小鼠和其他哺乳动物的免疫系统对细菌等侵入性生物的反应中发挥作用的细胞。
The complex interplay of species in symbiotic relationships highlights an important point about communities: Their structure depends on a web of diverse connections among organisms.
物种在共生关系中复杂的相互作用突出了群落的一个重要特点：它们的结构取决于生物之间多样的联系网络。
Trees are some of the longest-lived organisms on the planet.
树木是地球上寿命最长的生物之一。
Organizations are complex organisms which evolve continuously.
组织是不断演进的复杂有机体。
If they succeed, molecules of long-dead organisms may one day help save living ones.
如果他们获得成功，灭绝很久的生物的生物分子可能有一天会帮助我们来拯救这些濒临灭绝的物种。
Single-celled organisms emerged from the primordial soup about 3.4 billion years ago.
单细胞生物大约出现于34亿年前的“原始汤”（primordial soup）。
Trees are earth's largest organisms and are also one of the planet's oldest inhabitants.
树木是地球最大的制氧机器，也是这个星球上最古老的居民。
He imagined a world in which organisms battled for supremacy and only the fittest survived.
在达尔文的头脑中，存在这么一个世界：里面的生物都在为了谁将成为最优秀的物种而战斗，且最终只有最适者才能生存。
Chronobiology or "biological timing" is the study of internal rhythms in living organisms.
生物钟学(Chronobiology)或“生物计时”是研究活生物种的内在节律。
For reasons that are not entirely understood, many marine organisms bioluminesce only when disturbed.
出于一些还没有被完全理解的原因，许多水生生物只在被打扰的时候才会发生生物荧光现象。
Carl Woese has completely changed the way we view the relationships between all organisms on earth.
卡尔·伍斯颠覆了我们之前对地球上所有不同物种亲缘关系的看法。
Unlocking the secret lives of long-dead organisms may have practical implications in today's world, too.
揭秘这些灭绝很久的生物，可能在当今世界也具有实际意义。
This is because, at its core, palaeontology works by comparing past and present organisms with each other.
这是因为古生物学的核心就是将过去和现在的生物相互对比。
Adam: Well, try thinking of yourself as a planet - a beautiful home to hundreds of happy, healthy organisms.
亚当：要么，你可以把自己想象成一颗星球——是一个拥有上百种幸福、健康微生物的美丽家园。
The goal is huge in its mission – to become the common mobile platform for documenting the world’s organisms.
其理想很远大：成为记录世界上各种生物的通用手机平台。
It can be seen from space and is believed to be the world's biggest single structure made from living organisms.
在外层空间也可以看到，它被认为是世界上生物体构成的最大的单一结构。
Its eight saline lagoons provide an ideal habitat for the salt-loving micro organisms on which the flamingos feed.
它的八个盐水湖为“嗜盐”的微生物提供了一个理想的栖息地，而火烈鸟则“嗜食”这些微生物。
Scientists are also discovering that our nervous system shares an even deeper homology with single-celled organisms.
科学家们甚至还发现我们的神经系统和单细胞生物有着更为深层次的同源性。
Rebecca Lewison: Bycatch of these large marine organisms is just another indicator that we are fishing unsustainably.
丽贝卡·刘易森：大型海洋生物混获只能再一次说明人们在以不可持续的方式捕鱼。
The concept of heat treating foods to inactivate pathogenic organisms is termed appropriately "pasteurization" today.
今天人们把这种对食品进行热处理使致病生物体失活的概念恰当地称为“巴氏灭菌”。
The bacteria also provide a vital role by breaking down organic material in the water and recycling dead organisms.
这种细菌通过分解水中的有机物质，回收死去的有机物，起着至关重要的作用。
The bacteria also provide a vital role by breaking down organic material in the water and recycling dead organisms.
这种细菌通过分解水中的有机物质，回收死去的有机物，起着至关重要的作用。
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