5. Evolution and Biodiversity Flashcards
5.1 What is evolution?
A change over time in heritable characteristics
5.1 Evidence of Evolution
Fossils: sequence of fossils
Selective Breeding
Homologous Structure
Similarity of embryos
Analagous Structure (convergent evo.)
5.1 Homologous vs Analogous Structure
Homo: Common ancestor, adaptive radiation
Ana: convergent evolution, diff ancestor (crabs)
5.1 What are the types of speciation?
Allopatric: Physical seperation
Perpatric: Enters a new niche (isolated)
Parapetric: Enters a new niche (adjacent)
Sympatric: Spontaneous in population
5.2 What are conditions of natural selection
Inherited Variation, Competition, Selection, Adaptations, Evolution
5.2 What sources of variation allow for natural selection?
1) Mutations
2) Meiosis
3) Sexual Reproduction
5.2 What is differential survival and reproduction?
Ind. better adapted tend to survive/reproduce more
5.2 What are selective pressures?
anything that can reduce reproductive success
Abiotic:
-climate
-drought
- soil
Biotic:
- competition for mate
- Change in fruiting season
- Competition for nests
5.2 What is the rule of overproduction?
While breeeding rates vary, most organisms produce more offspring than environment can support, leads to competition.
5.3 What are the rules of the binomial system of names?
Genus species
1) Genus is capatalized
2) Italitcs
3) Can be abbrievated after first use (G.species)
5.3 What is the hierarchy of taxa?
Domain
Kingdom
Phyllum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
5.3 What are the three domains?
Eukaryota, Archaea, Eubacteria
5.3 What are the differences between Archaea and Eubacteria
Archaea:
- DNA w/ histone-like protiens
- intron DNA
- can live in extreme environments
- walls without peptidoglycan
Eubacteria:
- no histone protiens
- no intron DNA
- cell walls with peptidoglycan
5.3 What is phylogenetic classification?
DNA
5.3 What is artifical classification?
Grouping selecting characteristices first, not based on evolutionary traits