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BIO120 Midterm 2 Flashcards

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taxonomic diversification

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divergence causing a change in species name

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Taxonomy

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The scientific study of how living things are classified; like the vocabulary to the grammar of systematics

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Carol Linnaeus

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Father of Taxonomy; established his classification of living things; famous for animal naming system of binomial nomenclature; came BEFORE Darwin

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sympatric

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within a region

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Allopatric

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across regions

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taxonomic (morphological) naming of species

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naming based mostly on distinct measurable differences

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biological naming of species

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naming based on inter-fertility

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Biological Species Concept (BSC)

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Defines species as groups of interbreeding populations that are reproductively isolated from other groups

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allopatric speciation

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The formation of new species in populations that are geographically isolated from one another.

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vitelline envelope receptor (VERL)/Lysin interaction

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  • an example of a reproductive isolating barrier (prezygotic barrier) in Lecture 9
  • VERL (egg of abalone) only takes specific lysin sperm.
  • Like a molecular “lock and key”
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pre-zygotic barriers

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A reproductive barrier that impedes mating between species or hinders fertilization if interspecific mating is attempted@ so NO zygote gets formed (geography@ ecology@ temporal@ behaviour@ mechanical [genital compatibility]@ cellular)

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apple maggot flies

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have different timing of mating depending on preferred host plant; example of prezygotic barrier because the different mating periods reduces fly gene flow by 94%!!! in sympatry

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post zygotic barriers
- caused by?
- favoured by natural selection?

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  • prevent proper functioning of zygotes once they are formed;
  • caused by combinations of genes with low fitness in the hybrid;
  • CANNOT be favored by natural selection;
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Intrinsic Postzygotic Barriers

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hybrid inviability@ hybrid sterility@ or abnormal development of hybrids

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Extrinsic Postzygotic Barriers

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mismatch of phenotypes in hybrids to environment

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sterile

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incapable of reproducing

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Hinny

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cross of a male horse and female donkey; opposed to mules which is vice versa. example of intrinsic postzygotic isolation in lecture 9

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Heliconius butterflies

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example of extrinsic post-zygotic isolation; CAN form hybrids@ but those hybrids can’t mate and are less viable

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ecological speciation

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the evolution of reproductive barriers between populations by local adaptation

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4 things commonly ID an adaptive radiation:

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1) recent common ancestry
2) phenotype-environment correlation
3) trait utility
4) rapid speciation

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clade

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A group of species that includes an ancestral species and all its descendants.

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hybridization

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the exchange of genes between species

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what causes adaptive radiations?

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1) ecological opportunity
2)key innovations
3) high rates of speciation to characterize the clade

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ploidy

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is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell

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polyploidy

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A chromosomal alteration in which the organism possesses more than two complete chromosome sets. A form of sympatric speciation

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allopolyploidy
- least or most common type of polyploidy?

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  • two or more complete sets of chromosomes
  • polyploidy resulting from contribution of chromosomes from two or more species;
  • most COMMON type of polyploidy
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Autopolyploidy

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arises from duplicated karyotype within a species; an individual that has more than two chromosome sets that are all derived from a single species

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Karyotype

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an individual’s complete set of chromosomes

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speciation continuum

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  • continuous sequence of genetically-based changes that occur as two lineages diverge from one another on the pathway to reproductive isolation.
  • SPECIATION IS NOT A UNIDIRECTIONAL PROCESS
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polyploids are _________ _____________ from their diploid parents

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reproductively isolated

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hybrid vigor

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A phenomenon in which the hybrid state is selected because it has greater survival and reproductive success; also known as heterosis

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Larmack’s theory

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all organisms have an inherent tendency to become more complex; wrong! only some lineages have evolved greater complexity in terms of cells@ tissues types@ physiology@ development@ reproduction@ social behaviors ect.

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greater complexity arises from greater ____________ amongst previously independent units; independent of each other to dependent of each other. Human interaction is an example.

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cooperation

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division of labor

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specialization of parts to specific functions. (think intestines do something different to lungs and neither do both jobs)

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merging of prokaryotes

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in lecture 11 to exemplify greater complexity via merging

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individual selection

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natural selection of individual characteristics; usually stronger than “group selection” this might not always be good for the SPECIES

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unit of selection

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biological entity within the hierarchy of biological organization that is subject to natural selection

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peacocks

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example in lecture to show how evolution isn’t perfect@ illustrating that the individual selection outweighs the group selection There is a cost to increasing sexual fitness because the risk of predation is increased

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reciprocal altruism

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an organism acts in a manner that temporarily reduces its fitness while increasing another organism’s fitness@ with the expectation that the other organism will act in a similar manner at a later time; repeated cooperation. think prison dilemma

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high relatedness

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a mode of adaptive cooperation; genes lead to helping relatives can spread via natural selection: think oldest child growing up to help parents raise own kids

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cooperation is capable of ______ because of “cheaters”; both side might not benefit

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breaking down

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genes

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the unit of inheritance. THE TARGET OF SELECTION; _________ typically persist by improving the fitness of the GROUP

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fair representation is ensured by:

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  • Ensured by mitosis and meiosis
  • genes vary so alleles can’t compete within an individual
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chimera of zygotes

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example in lecture 11: to describe initial competition between cell lineages. when two cells in early development fuse and induces internal competition

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meiotic drive

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  • allele biases its own transmission spreading to higher frequency even while reducing fitness;
  • CAN RAPIDLY ELIMINATE ALLELES THAT HAVE HIGHER INDIVIDUAL FITNESS
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transposable elements

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  • DNA sequences that have the ability to change their position within a genome.
  • can make over 50% of DNA in genomes of some species@ so selfish!!!!
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starting from a _______ prevents initial competition between cell lineages

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single cell

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piRNA and RNA interference

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have evolved as silencing mechanisms of transposable elements; or else genomes will EXPLODE!!!!
- an example of how individual selection favors alleles arising elsewhere that silence TEs@ preventing CHEATING

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Mutations in genes for _____________________ leads to rampant activation of TEs; this is NOT good. CHEATING!!!!

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DNA methylation

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uniparental inheritance
- what does this prevent?

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  • inheritance pattern in which the progeny have the genotype and phenotype of one parent only
  • i.e - chloroplasts and mitochondria replicate asexually;
  • this PREVENTS COMPETITION within cells of different organelle genomes
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transposition-selection balance
- definition
- occurs when?

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  • an equilibrium in the number of deleterious alleles in a population

occurs when:
- the rate at which deleterious alleles are created by mutation
=
- the rate at which deleterious alleles are eliminated by selection

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mitochondrial transmission

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  • lack of mitosis and meiosis of organelles sets up potential for spread of selfish elements;
  • MAINTAINS COOPERATION (eg active exclusion of sperm mitochondria at fertilization)
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Uniparental inheritance has CONFLICT OF INTEREST!!! mitochondrial mutations that enhance __________ fitness can spread even if cost is severe to male fitness

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maternal

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Cytoplasmic Male Sterility (CMS)

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mutations in mitochondria can make hermaphroditic plants “male sterile” so plants are entirely female

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CMS has led to the evolution of nuclear “restorer” alleles that reenable fertility through pollen -> ______________ co-oevolution of CMS and restorer genes

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arms race

56
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separation of _________ with limited numbers of cell division inhibits transmission of selfish cell lineages; helps cooperation along with tumor suppressors@ starting with a single cell to reduce competition

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germline

57
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cancer

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example of selfish cell lineages evolving within an individual; illustrates the shortsightedness of the evolutionary process since cancer EVEOLVES resistance to treatment

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alleles

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spread through a population by increasing individual fitness

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Fair meiosis

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provides equal representation of alleles’ fitness effects on individuals

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Reproductive isolation

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Separation of species or populations so that they cannot interbreed and produce fertile offspring; sometimes this only results in infertile males

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Taxon

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a single named taxonomic unit at any level

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systematics

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how we actually study biodiversity and the evolutionary relationships amongst organisms that we happen to give a name

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monophyletic group

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a single ancestor gave rise to all species in that taxon and no species in any other taxon; preferred class

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paraphyletic group

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a taxon whose members are derived from two or more ancestral forms not common to all members

65
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example used in Lecture 9 of a name of a group that doesn’t correctly match up with phylogenetic grouping
- excluded birds even though they are closely related

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reptiles

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ancestral trait

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a trait shared w/ a common ancestor

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derived trait

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a trait that differs from the ancestral trait in a lineage; characteristics that have evolved since ancestral species

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Homology

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similar traits from common ancestry

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homoplasy

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similarity of traits as a result of convergent evolution

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convergent evolution

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independent accumulation of mutations and changes in a given species that cause unrelated species to resemble one another and function similarly

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Cactus, milkweed, and _________ that have independently evolved to have similar structures to prevent water loss. Example in Lec 9 of convergent evolution

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spurge

72
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cichlid

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fish that dominate the African great lakes; example in Lec 9 of convergent evolution. They converged in body forms independently in separate lakes as they radiated.

73
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antibiotic resistance in bacteria

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something we create strong selective pressure on@ example in lecture 12 of a problem humans need to tackle and prevent

74
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herbicide resistance

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hundreds of weedy plants have evolved _________________ because of extensive use of chemicals; caused by 1) preexisting variation@ 2) gene flow@ or 3) mutations arising that allow it

75
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Canada Fleabane

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ex. Lec 12. A weed that spread through Southern Ontario that developed herbicide resistance

76
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selfing weeds

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outcrossing weeds have more preexisting resistance variation than _____________ ; reproductive mode affects the source of resistance!!!

77
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multi-herbicide treatment

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makes adaptation for resistance less likely b/c evolving for multiple compounds is more complex

78
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evolutionary rescue

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rapid evolution in populations in response to environmental change can allow the population to regain positive growth rates before extinction; this something we want to AVOID with weeds

79
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insecticide resistance

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more and more mosquitoes are evolving to have this as humans put selective pressure into eradicating them; this is a major problem for the spread of malaria!!

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responsive alternation

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using another insecticide once a resistance forms

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combination

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an evolution proof mode of controlling mosquitoes population; PROBLEM: might affect other species of insects we care about too

82
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multi-drug cocktails

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slows the evolution of HIV resistance b/c mutations are less likely to have resistance to many drugs at once

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habitat fragmentation

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Breakup of a habitat into smaller pieces@ usually as a result of human activities.

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ecology

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The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment. the distribution and abundance of species. Structure of environments. study of biodiversity. _________ is the setting where evolution takes place. The “WHY” to the HOW

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Theodosius Dobzhansky

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says “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution”

86
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endosymbiotic theory for the development of mitochondria

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ex of the study of EEB Lec13. Lynn Margulis’s explanation for the origin of the mitochondria. “Life did not take over the globe by combat@ but by networking”

87
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extrapolate

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88% species are unknown@ we have to ___________ from the number of taxa found daily. 8.7 million species givetake a million eukaryotic species exists

88
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model organisms

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mice to represent all vertebrates@ fruit flies for all insects@ plants for all plants.

89
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lime disease

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Caused by bacterium Borelia. ex Lec13 for how EEBs also want to understand the patterns of distribution of infectious diseases.

90
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cougars

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have a very large geographic range compared to something like the American Pika. Ex Lec 13. EEBs need to ask WHY the distribution is like that so we can know how to manage agriculture + to make predictions as to where species will live in response to climate.

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dispersal

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what determines where species live (factors that determine patterns of distribution)? _______________@ abiotic conditions (soil@ climate@ nutrients etc)@ species interactions (species don’t live in a vacuum@ they need to manage competition and predation)

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inexhaustible conditions

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temperature@ salinity@ etc

93
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exhaustible resources

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food@ space. Things that get used up as a factor that limits species distribution

94
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environmental gradient

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a graph that shows how the majority of the proportion of species: reproduction > growth > survival

95
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racoons

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example of species that are abundance; compared to Galapagos turtles@ which is a species that is rare. EEBs want to know WHY

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Malthus

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helps to explain what determines abundance: population growth is dependent on the availability of resources -> there is then competition and natural selection to combat the limited resources

97
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the sixth extinction

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we are in the midst of ________________ because of human activity that contribute to global warming. 32% of know vertebrates are decreasing in population size or distribution

98
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Spix’s Macaw

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Lec14 example of a species extinct in the wild; currently trying to be reintroduced into the wild

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ecological niche

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a species’s place in the world

100
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Hutchinsonian niche

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an n-dimensional hypervolume in which each axis is an ecological factor important to be considered; outside the blue gradient the conditions are unsuitable

101
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latitude

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temperature is a function of_________

102
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seasonality

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______ is a function of temperature; tends to be less varying (continuously rainy) at constant warm temperatures

103
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atmospheric circulation

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rainfall depends on __________/ offshore ocean currents / rainfall

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biome

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A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms

105
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Hadley Cell

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a large-scale atmospheric convection cell in which air rises at the equator and sinks at medium latitudes@ typically about 30° north or south; sets up the churning of Ferrell cells in the opposite direction@ which then@ in turn@ churns polar cells.

106
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intertropical convergent zone

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where the two Hadley cells meet near the equator; sometimes shifts up and down to the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn; places tend to be in rainy season right under it

107
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South America

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has less seasonality than tropical Asia

108
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Coriolus Effect

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earth’s rotation makes wind curve to the right in Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern hemisphere;

109
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wind patterns

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coupled cells + Coriolus effect = prevailing _______________

110
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wind rose

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a diagram that shows the percent of time that the wind blows from different directions at a given location over a given time

111
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Roaring Forties

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the strong westerly winds found in the southern hemisphere

112
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moisture

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vegetation growth increases with ___________ and temperature. Biomes have predictable vegetation because of specific combo of this and temperature

113
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Whittaker’s Diagram

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diagram that shows vegetation as a product of temperature@ separated into sections by biome

114
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deserts

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tend to occur 30 degrees north and south of equators because they lie right underneath Hadley cells; one of the greatest evidences of Hadley cells

115
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orographic precipitation

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precipitation that develops when warm@ moist air cools and condenses as it rises against mountains; the other side of the mountain is dry; creates “rain shadows”

116
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dengue

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an example in lec12@ of the importance of predicting the expansion/contraction of distribution based on climate. Important because places that traditionally did not have __________ will now have it because of global warming.

117
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morphologies

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biodiversity is not just the range of species@ but also their _____________

118
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ecophysiology

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the study of an organism’s physiology in the context of their ecology

119
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Homeostasis

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A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state@ such as body temperature@ and costs energy

120
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critical temperature

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the temperature at which an animal loses critical motor function; used in labs to study different temperature tolerances of animals and show temperature animals withstand colder temperatures than tropical animals.

121
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poikilotherm

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an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings (cold blooded)

122
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homeotherms

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Organisms that maintain a consistent body temperature; needs much more energy than its opposite

123
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Convection

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a method of temperature regulation with moving fluid alongside it is radiation (basking in the sun)@ conduction (direct contact)@ evaporation (colling from wet surfaces@ redistribution (circulatory system redistributed heat among body parts).

124
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size

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what matters most to heat balance because surface area determines equilibrium rate and volume provides the inertia and volume provides the inertia

125
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Bergmann’s Rule

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Warm-blooded animals that live in cold areas are bigger than those that live in warm areas (ex skinny black bear@ chonky polar bear)

126
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pika

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rabbit-like mountain-dwelling mammal with rounded ears; roughly shaped like a sphere and demonstrates Allen’s rule

127
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Allen’s rule

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mammals living in the cold have shorter faces and limbs than mammals living in warmer areas

128
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insulation

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animals invest a great deal of energy into __________________! to keep warms\

129
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vascularization

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helps with convective cooling

130
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Nearctic

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what Alfred Wallace would call North America as a biogeographic realm; alongside Neotropical (SA)@ Palearctic (Eurasia)@ Oriental (Indian subcontinent)@ Ethiopian (Africa)@ and Australian

131
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transplant experiment

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a scientific method that can test if an organism can survive in a different environment; if it can@ that means the former distribution was limited by a lack of dispersal; think about why penguins can live in Chicago zoos but don’t occur in the Chicago wilderness

132
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colonization

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generally@ the more individuals that are released in a new environment@ the higher the chance of _____________

133
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Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn

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23.5 degrees north and south of the equator; the solar equator oscillates between these two laditudinal lines

134
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higher

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at _______ latitudes@ light strikes the earth’s surface at a lower angle@ and is spread over a greater area

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