Animals Flashcards
Which eukaryotic domain are animals in?
Unikonta: Opistikonts
what are animal’s closest relative
choanoflagellates
9 characteristics of animals
- heterotrophic
- cells lack cell walls
- multicellular eukaryote with tissues that developed from embryonic layers
- reproduce sexually with diploid stage dominating
- blastula undergoes gastrulation resulting in the formation of embryonic tissue layers and gastrula
- germ layers
- cell specialization
- tissue held together by structural proteins like collagen
- HOX family of genes
protostomes
first mouth= blastopore became mouth
cleavage is spiral and determinate
solid masses of mesoderm split and form coelom
deuterostomes
second mouth= blastopore became anus
cleavage is radial and indeterminate
folds and archenteron form coelom
Tissue
Tissue: collection of specialized cells isolated from other tissues by membranous layer
- ectoderm: germ layer covering the surface of embryo
- endoderm: inner most layer and lines what the digestive tube (archenteron) will be
- mesoderm: middle layer that gives rise to muscles and organs
- diploblastic: 2 layers
- triploblastic: 3 layers
Coelom (body cavities)
a fluid filled body cavity derived from mesoderm in between the digestive tract and outer body wall
- coelomate: animals that possess a true coelom
- pseudocoelomate: have the space but no attachment linking wall and digestive tract
- acoelomate: no coelom
Body Symmetry
- radial: multiple cuts are made, Allows organism to meet environment from all sides so circular usually
- bilateral (two sided): have a dorsal/ventral, left/right, anterior/posterior, bilateral allows cephalization which is the development of a head
- asymmetry: sponge
Cell division that leads to embryonic layers and gave rise to diff tissue types
- After a sperm fertilizes an egg the zygote undergoes cleavage, leading to the formation of a blastula. The blastula undergoes gastrulation resulting in the formation of embryonic tissue layers and a gastrula. The tissue layers then give rise to germ layers that there could be 2 or 3 of
flagellum
how choanoflagellates swim