Animals Flashcards
Heterotrophy
- ancestral trait of all animals
- depend on producers for energy
- ingest and digest internally
What are the two ancestral characteristics for animals?
eukaryotic and no cell wall
what are the four shared derived traits for animals?
A1 - Multicellular
A2 - Extracellular matrix
A3 - Early Embryonic Development Pattern
A4 - Homeobox Genes
describe the shared derived trait, extracellular matrix
- proteins are around cell membrane
- connects and supports cells, mostly made of collagen
describe differentiated cells in animals
- have specialized functions
- (most have) differentiated tissues = groups of cells with common structure and function
- (many have) differentiated organs = specialized structures made up of tissues
describe reproduction and development within animals
- usually sexual
- diploid dominant
- meiosis produces haploid sperm or egg
- fertilization: small flagellated sperm fuses with larger non-motile egg
describe the shared derived trait, early embryonic development pattern
- relates development pattern to phylogeny
- cleavage: mitotic divisions without growth
- blastulation: cell migration, forming a hallow ball of cells
- blastula: hallow ball of cells surrounding blastocoel (empty space)
- gastrulation: process of inward folding of blastula
- gastrula and germ layers
how is development regulated by genes?
homeobox genes
describe the shared derived trait, homeobox genes
- code for proteins that regulate expression of developmental genes
- control expression of many genes
- ex. hox genes
symmetry
arrangement of body structure in relation to axis of body
asymmetry
no plane of symmetry through body
what are the types of symmetry
radial and bilateral symmetry
radial symmetry
any plane through longitudinal axis (e.g. mirror images)
bilateral symmetry
one plane through longitudinal axis (e.g. mirror images)
- related to cephalization: development of a head with a CNS and sense organs
- facilitates complex movement
what are the different bilateral animal axes?
- left/right
- dorsal/ventral
- anterior/posterior
germ layers
concentric layers of embryonic tissue
ectoderm
outside layer
-outer covering NS
endoderm
inner layer
-lines digestive tube, other organs (lungs)
mesoderm
middle layer
-everything else