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BIO220 Lecture 5 Flashcards

Parent offspring conflict

1
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Genes favoured by natural selection…

A

Favoured genes ALWAYS increase in frequency each generation

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2
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What type of genes can natural selection not favour?

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Self sacrificial genes

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3
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Natural selection acts on…

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genes

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4
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When is there no parent-offspring conflict?

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Amount offspring trying to acquire = amount parent provides

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5
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B(p)

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fitness of current offspring

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6
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C(p)

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Number of future offspring given up

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7
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What are offsprings trying to maximize?

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B(p) - 1/2C(p)

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8
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What are parents trying to maximize?

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1/2B(p) - 1/2C(p)

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9
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Optimal provisioning rate

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How much offspring / parent wants to get / give

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10
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The optimal provisioning rate for parent and offspring is similar in…

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The cost to future offspring (1/2 C)

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11
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What is the conflict in the optimal provisioning rate between parent and offspring?

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Parent want to give less than offspring want to receive

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12
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Why do parents want to give less than offspring want to receive?

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Benefit of providing a lot for current offspring is the same as for future offspring (in terms of parents)

Benefit of providing for current offspring (you) is more beneficial than providing for future siblings (in terms of you)

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13
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Why is there parent-offspring conflict?

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Due to differences in relatedness

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14
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What usually happens when there is a parent-offspring conflict?

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Compromise

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15
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Example of a species that is all maternal care

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Golden lion tamerins

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16
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Example of a species that is all paternal care

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Pipefish

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17
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What are the benefits and cons of deserting current offspring?

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Benefit: increase quantity of offspring produced
Cost: decrease quality of offspring (might die)

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18
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When is female care usually provided? (in terms of deserting)

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Cost of deserting high, benefit of deserting low for females.

Cost of deserting low, benefit high for males.

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19
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When is female care usually provided?

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Females limited by resources. Don’t have enough to produce numerous offspring.

20
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When is male care usually provided? (in terms of deserting)

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Benefit of deserting low, cost high for males.

Benefit of deserting high, cost low for females.

21
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When is male care usually provided?

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More females in population than male.

Females have access to a lot of resources.

22
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What experiment was done to predict if female or male care will be provided?

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Done on Kentish Plovers in Turkey

23
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What does low re-mating time signify?

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High benefit of deserting (can get another mate pretty fast)

24
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What does high re-mating time signify?

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High cost of deserting (can’t reproduce again)

25
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Kentish Plovers…which parent provide care?

26
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What does low brood survival signify?

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High cost for deserting

27
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What does high brood survival signify?

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Low cost for deserting

28
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Evolutionary medicine

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Applying evolutionary principles to health problems

29
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What is the approach to evolutionary medicine?

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Asking ultimate questions (why things are affected by evolution)

30
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What is the purpose of evolutionary medicine

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Better understanding of the cause of illness:

  • Prevention
  • Treatment
31
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Will vaccines lead to the evolution of pathogens?

32
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3 reasons why we are vulnerable to disease:

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  1. Tradeoffs
  2. Environmental change
  3. Pathogen evolution
33
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Tradeoffs make us vulnerable to disease because…

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Can’t maximize defences against pathogens because it comes at some vital cost to other part of body (and we need this part)

34
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Environmental change make us vulnerable to disease because…

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We evolve in some current environment, but if the environment changes faster than we do, our body won’t be optimized

35
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Pathogen evolution make us vulnerable to disease because…

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pathogens can evolve faster than we can -> fast replications and mutations

36
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Another word for aging

A

Senescence

37
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Senescence

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Progressive decline in somatic function reflected in reduction in fertility and survivorship

38
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Proximate cause of aging

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Degeneration of the soma

39
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General degeneration of the soma include…

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  • impaired function

- increased disease

40
Q

Mortality rate increases with…

41
Q

Mortality of what disease increases with age?

42
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Mortality of what disease doesn’t really increase with age?

43
Q

Which bird age much slower than humans?

44
Q

How long is adult life for a mayfly?

45
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How long is adult life for bristlecone pine?

A

5000 years

46
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In terms of aging, different species…

A

age at different rates

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