8 Flashcards
Opisthokonts, fungi, dikarya are united by what synapomorphy?
Posterior flagella
The common ancestor of animalia, choanoflagellates, and fungi share what trait?
Unicellular single posterior flagellum.
Did some groups in opisthokonts lost flagellum?
Yes
Are all groups of opisthokonts multicellular?
No
All three groups are united by having a?
Single posterior flagellum, even certain cells at certain life stages.
The two synapomorphies that unite fungi?
•Chitin in the cell wall
•Absorptive heterotrophy.
Chitin in the cell wall do what?
The same found in exoskeletons of arthropods used to strengthen the cell wall of the hyphae. They are tubular threads that exchange organic materials and organelles.
Chitinous enzyme does what?
A defence produced by plants against fungi that destroys their chitin in their cell walls that kills them.
Absorptive heterotrophy?
That is how fungi obtain nutrients. They secrete digestive enzymes and absorb nutrients.
What rivals more biochemically, fungi or prokaryotic organisms?
Fungi
When did fungi evolve?
About 900 million years ago
When did large fungi evolve?
About 300 million years ago.
Microsporidia?
Small, unicellular parasites, and infect using a polar tube to infect the host cell.
Chytrids?
Paraphyletic (taxa within this group still being resolved). We see the single flagella character. They mostly involved in decomposition but can be parasitic. Multi or unicellular.
Arbuscular mycorrhizae?
The hyphae penetrate the cell wall and transport water and soil nutrients to the plant, which increase the surface area in which the plant can acquire water and nutrients. In return, they obtain the sugars and organic materials that the plants give.
