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What is so unique about the Galapagos?

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first place natural selection documented in real time; owned by Ecuador

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What did Darwin discover on the Galapagos that led him to the theory of natural selection?

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31 specimens of finches similar except beak function; 14 species now recognized

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What 3 things do you need in order for natural selection to be able to occur?

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  1. genetic variation-variation must exist in population 2. reproductive success-variation must lead to differences among individuals in reproductive success 3. variation must be genetically transmitted to the next generation, heritable
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What impact did Peter and Rosemary Grant have on natural selection?

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studied medium ground finch on Daphne Major; found beak depth variation among members of the population

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What happened with peppered moths?

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when environment changes, natural selection often favors different traits in a species; body color is a single gene, black individuals have the dominant allele which were rare until 1850s and then frequency increased to near 100%

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Who hypothesized that light-colored moths declined because of predation?

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J. W. Tutt

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What is artificial selection?

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operates by favoring individuals with certain phenotypic traits, allowing them to reproduce and pass their genes on to the next generation, directional selection results in evolutionary change

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What is domestication?

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human-imposed selection (ex. cats, dogs, pigeons, and others)

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What are the 3 events that occur when rock fossils are created?

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organism buried in sediment, calcium in bone on other hard tissue mineralizes, surrounding sediment hardens to form rock

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What are fossils?

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preserved remains of once-living organisms

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What is relative dating?

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position of the fossil in the sediment

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What is absolute dating?

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age of fossils is estimated by rates of radioactive decay

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What are isotopes?

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transform at precisely known rates into radioactive forms

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What is the half-life?

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rate of decay, the amount of time needed for one-half of the original amount to be transformed

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Why are there gaps in the fossil record?

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low likelihood of fossil preservation and recovery

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What is the Field of Systematics?

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reconstruction and study of evolutionary relationships

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What is phylogeny?

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hypothesis about patterns of relationship among species

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What did Darwin envision about species?

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that all species were descended from a single common ancestor, depicted this history of life as a branching (“Descent with modification”)

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What are cladistics?

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study of characteristics of animals, use morphology to group organisms together

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What is a derived characteristic?

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similarity that is inherited from the most recent common ancestor of an entire group

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What is an ancestral characteristic?

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similarity that arose prior to common ancestor of the group

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What are synapomorphies in cladistics?

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shared derived characteristics are considered informative about evolutionary relationships

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What are plesiomorphies?

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ancestral states

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What are symplesiomorphies?

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shared ancestral states

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What is homoplasy?

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shared character state that has not been inherited from a common ancestor

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What are phylogenetic?

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basis for all comparative biology

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What are homologous structures?

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derived from same ancestral source

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What are homoplastic structures?

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common use but not from same ancestor (ex. wings of owl and moth)

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What is parsimony?

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favors hypothesis that requires fewest assumptions

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What is a monophyletic group?

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includes most recent common ancestor of the group and all of its descendants (clade)

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What is a paraphyletic group?

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includes most recent common ancestor of the group, but not all its descendants

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What is a polyphyletic group?

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does not include the most recent common ancestor of all members of the group

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T/F Mutation creates variation.

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True

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What is genetic drift?

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evolutionary equivalent of sampling error

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How many species of dinosaur leg bone fossils?

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620

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What is adaptation?

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a phenotypic feature of an individual that promotes survival, that is related to an immediate environmental demand

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What is preadaptation?

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structure or behavior possesses the necessary form and function before the biological role arises (does not imply the trait arises in anticipation of some future purpose)

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What are the five key transitions that are noted in animal evolution?

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  1. tissues 2. symmetry 3. body cavity 4. development 5. segmentation
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Describe the evolution of tissues.

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Parazoa-sponges are the simplest animals that lack defined tissues and organs but have the ability to disaggregate and aggregate their cells; Eumetazoa-all other animals have distinct and well-defined tissues

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Describe the evolution of symmetry.

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sponges also lack any definite symmetry, Eumetazoa have a symmetry defined along an imaginary axis drawn through the animal’s body, 2 main types of symmetry

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Describe the 2 types of symmetry.

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Radial symmetry: body parts arranged around central axis, can be directed into 2 equal halves in any 2-D plane
Bilateral symmetry: body has right and left halves that are mirror images, only the sagittal plane bisects the animal into 2 equal halves

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What 2 advantages do bilaterally symmetrical animals have over radially symmetrical animals?

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  1. cephalization-evolution of a brain area

2. greater mobility

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Describe the evolution of a body cavity.

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Eumetazoa produce three germ layers, body cavity-space surrounded by mesoderm tissue that is formed during development

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What are the 3 germ layers and what do they develop into?

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ectoderm-body coverings and nervous system
mesoderm-skeleton and muscles
endoderm-digestive organs and intestines

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What are the 3 basic kinds of body plans?

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acoelomates-no body cavity
psedocoelomates-body cavity between mesoderm and endoderm, also called pseudocoelom
coelomates-body cavity entirely within mesoderm, also called coelom

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T/F Coelomates have a circulatory system to flow nutrients and remove wastes.

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True

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What is an open circulatory system?

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blood passes form vessels into sinuses, mixes with body fluids, and reenters vessels

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What is a closed circulatory system?

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blood moves continuously through vessels that are separated from body fluids

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Describe the evolution of different patterns of development.

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basic Bilaterian pattern of development: mitotic divisions of the egg forms a hollow ball of cells, called blastula (blastula indents to form a two-layer thick ball) with a blastopore (opening to outside)

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What are the 2 groups that bilaterians can be divided into?

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protostomes and deuterostomes

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What are protostomes?

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develop mouth first from or near blastopore

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What are deuterostomes?

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develop anus first from blastopore

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What are 3 fundamental embryological features on how deuterostomes differ from protostomes?

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cleavage pattern of embryonic cells
developmental fate of cells
origination of coelom

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How do protostomes and deuterostomes develop in cleavage patterns in embryonic cells?

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proto-spiral cleavage

deutero-radial cleavage

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How do protostomes and deuterostomes develop in the development fate of cells?

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proto-determinate development

deutero-indeterminate development

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How do protostomes and deuterostomes develop in the origination of coelom?

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proto-forms simply and directly from mesoderm

deutero-forms indirectly form archenteron

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When did deuterostomes evolve from protostomes?

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more than 500 mya

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Describe the evolution of segmentation.

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segmentation provides 2 advantages:

  1. redundant organ systems
  2. more efficient and flexible movement
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What was the Cambrian explosion?

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enormous expansion of animal diversity in Cambrian period, molecular analysis may explain this

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What did the homeobox (Hox) developmental gene complex provide?

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a tool that can produce rapid changes in body plan

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