Bio Exam 4 Class 1 (Intro to Animals and Nonbilaterians) Flashcards
the first animals were found
635 mya
what was the first major radiation of animals
cambrian explosion
what was the closest ancestor to early animals
flagellated unicellular protists (choanoflagellates)
all animals…
1.lack cell walls but have extracellular matrix
2.are heterotrophs
3. move under their own power at some point in their life cycle
4. have neurons and muscle cells
what is the ECM
produces proteins used for cell to cell adhesion and communication
what do neurons do?
transit electrical signals from one cell to other
what do muscle cells do?
change the shape of the body by contracting
animals are related to….
fungi and single celled protists
what were the earliest animals to evolve
non bilaterians,, sponges and jellyfish
how are animals divided into groups?
symmetry and development
what are the two symetry groups
non bilaterians and bilaterians
what are the two development groups>
protostomes and deuterostomes
what is radial symmetry
at least two planes of symmetry
what is bilateral symmetry?
only one plane of symmetry
what is a protostome?
first mouth,, embryonic development before the anus (most snimals)
what is a deuterostome?
(second mouth),, embryonic development of the anus before the mouth (largest predators and animals)
ancestors to animals were single celled… organisms similar to…
colonial,,, choanoflagellates
although sponges look and act similarly to choanoflagellates, they
developed multicellularity and specialization
animals are sister species to
all animals
what were the key innovations to animal evolution?
- multicellularity
- multiple tissue layers
- bilateral symmetry
- cephalization
- body cavity
- segmentation
animals have multiple
embryonic tissue layers
what are the two levels of embryonic issue layers>
diploblasts and triploblasts
diploblasts have
2