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Advantages and disadvantages of ocean life

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Advantages:
Stable temperatures
Buoyancy provided
Plentiful food and waste removal
Fluid and salt gradients easily maintained

Disadvantages:
Currents - water movement

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When and where animal life began

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~540 million years ago (Precambrian)

First in shallow marine environments

Cambrian explosion

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Disadvantages of life in fresh water

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Variable:
Temperature
Turbidity - light
Volume

Less food

Hypotonic

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Disadvantages of terrestrial

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Desiccation

Larger temperature variability

Gametes and embryos need protection

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Characteristics common to animals

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Heterotrophic

Multicellular

Specialized cells without cell walls

Locomotion at some time

Nervous and muscular systems for rapid response to stimuli

Sexual reproduction w/ non motile egg and flagellated sperm

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6 key transitions in animal body plans.

Evolution of

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  1. Tissues
  2. Symmetry
  3. Body cavity
  4. Blastopore differentiation
  5. Skeletal support structures
  6. Segmentation
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Table 32.1 - 32.4

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Hetertrophy
Multicellularity
No cell walls
Active movement
Diversity in form
Diversity in habitat
Sexual reproduction
Embryonic development
Tissues
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6 key transitions in body plans for animals

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  1. Tissues
  2. Symmetry
  3. Body cavity
  4. Blastopore differentiation
  5. Skeletal support structures
  6. Segmentation
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Parazoa

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Asymmetrical sponges

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Phylum Porifera

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Multicellular
Lack tissues
Asymmetrical
Noncoelomate
Sessile

Choanocytes
Spongecoel
Osculum
Asco/syco/leuconoid bodies

Filter feeders
Intracellular digestion
Asexual fragmentation
Hermaphroditic

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Phylum Cnidaria

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Radial symmetry
Acoelomate
Specialized tissues
Diploblastic
Cnidocytes
Extra cellular digestion

3 classes:
Anthozoa - Corals & Anemones
Hydrozoa - Hydra & man-o-war
Scyphozoa - Jellyfish

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Characteristics of Lophotrochozoa

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Lophophore

No molting

3 phyla: Platyhelminthes, Mollusca, Annelida

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Characteristics of Ecdysozoa

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Ecdysis - molting of cuticle

2 phyla: Arthropoda and Nematoda

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Phylum Platyhelminthes

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Flatworms
Acoelomate
Bilateral symmetry
Cephalization
Triploblastic
Organs
Many hermaphroditic
Cuticles in parasites

3 classes:
Turbellaria - free-living flatworms
Trematoda - parasitic flukes
Cestoda - parasitic tapeworms

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Class Turbellaria

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Free-living flatworms
Carnivorous
Auricles
Muscular pharynx
Sexual hermaphroditism
Asexual regeneration
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Class Trematoda

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Parasitic flukes
Hooks and suckers
Ecto/endoparasitism

Complex life cycle
Intermediate host
Dead end host
Swimmers itch

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Class Cestoda

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Parasitic tapeworms
Sextoda
Ribbon-like
Scolex
Proglottids
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Phylum Nematoda

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Round worms
Nemo-round
Pseudocoelomate
Bilateral symmetry
Triploblastic
Cuticle
Parasitic

Decomposers and predators of bacteria
Numerous in soil, fresh and salt water.

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Phylum Mollusca

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Soft body - Mollusca
Clams
Usually covered by shell
Lack segmentation

4 classes:
Gastropoda - snails
Bivalvia - mussels
Cephalopoda - octopus

Economically:
Food, mother of pearl, & zebra mussels

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Class Bivalvia

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"Two shells"
Mussels
Hinged 2-part shell
Suspension feeders
Spade-like foot
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Class Gastropoda

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"Stomach foot"
Foot - locomotion
Visceral mass - organs
Mantle - secretes shell
Shell - protection
Eye stalks & tentacles
Grazers
Terrestrial
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Class Cephalopoda

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"Head foot"
Squids
Coiled, internal, or no shell
Foot divided into tentacles
Stream lined locomotion via siphons
Chromatophores - cells w/ pigment granules
Ink sac - carries ink
Predators

Nutrition:
Carnivorous
Horny beak for tearing

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Phylum Annelida

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Segmented
Lophotrochozoa
Coelomates
Triploblastic

Repeated backup subunits
Setae - chitinous bristles
Diffusion

2 classes:
Polychaeta
Clitellata

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Class Polychaeta

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Parapodia w/ many setae
Filter feeders or detritivores
Sexual
Dioecious
External fertilization
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Class Clitellata

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Earthworms
Detritivores
Monoecious
Sperm exchanged and stored
Fertilization occurs externally in cocoon
Leeches
Ectoparasitic
Internal fertilization
No septa; no setae
Sucked
Clitellum when breeding
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Phylum Arthropoda

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"Jointed foot"
>1 million spp.; 80% of animals
Most successful
Segmented
Armor like cuticle (exoskeleton)

2 classes:
Crustacea
Hexapoda
Chelicerata ~

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Economic importance of Arthropoda

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Compete with us for food
Pollination
Food source
Vector for disease

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Class Crustacae

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Lobsters
"Swiss Army knife of animal world"
3 pair Mandibles
Biraneas (2 branched)
2 pairs if antennae
Cephalothorax
Abdomen
Chelipads
Swimmerets
Walking legs
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Class Hexapoda

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Metamorphosis in insects
Most successful class
Minimized interspecific competition
Simple vs
Egg>nymph>adult
Complete
Egg>larva>pupa>adult
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Phylum Echinodermata

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“Spiny skin”
Pentaradial
Endoskeleton

Complete gut
No brain
Dioecious
External fertilization
Water vascular system

Class Astroidea

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5 main clades and 9 phyla

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Parazoa
- Porifera
Radiata
- Cnidaria
Lophotrochozoa
- Platyhelminthes
- Molluska
- Annelida
Ecdysozoa
- Nematoda
- Arthropoda
Deuterstomia
- Echinodermata
- Chordata
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Class Astroidea

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Central disk
5x tapered arms
Important predators
1cm to 1m in size

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Phylum Chordata

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Triploblastic
Coelomates
Bilateral symmetry
Endoskeleton

4 critical innovations
•Notochord
•Dorsal hollow nerve cord
•Pharyngeal slits
•Post anal tail
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4 critical innovations of Chordata

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Notochord - dorsal rod
Nerve cord - electrochemi signals
Pharyngeal slits - food/gas
Post anal tail - appendage

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Subphyla Urochordata

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"Tail-cords"
Invertebrates
Tunicates
Filter feeders; sessile adults
Tunic of cellulose
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Subphyla Cephalocordata

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Lancelets
"Head cords"
Invertebrates
Filter feeders
Fish shaped
Segmented
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Craniates

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Invertebrates
Cranium (brain case)
Neural crest - stem cells

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Chordate evolution of

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  • Cranium
  • Vertebrae
  • Jaws
  • Lungs
  • Limbs
  • Amniotic egg
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Class Mixini

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Hagfish
Invertebrates
Craniates*
Copious amounts of slime

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Transitions from invertebrates to vertebrates

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Notochord -> vertebral column
Nerve cord -> central nervous
Pharyngeal slits -> eustachian tube
Post anal tail -> terminal anus

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Subphyla Vertebrata

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Skeleton:
• Cranium
• Muscles attached to endoskeleton

Nervous:
• Neural crest cells
• pronounced cephalization

Nutrition:
• variable
• complete digestive system

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Class Cephalospidomorphi

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Lamprey
Suction cup mouth
No paired fins
Parasites
Vertebrate*
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Class Chondricthyes

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Cartilaginous fish
- sharks, skates, rays
Skeleton
Vertebrate
Paired fins
Placoid scales (enamel and dentine)
Sharks have teeth
Jaws*
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Bony fish

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2 classes:
•Actinopterygii
•Sarcopterygii

Differences from Chondricthyes
•Bony skeleton
•Operculum
•Swim bladder

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Class Actinopterygii

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Ray-finned fish

Fins have thin, bony, flexible rays

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Class Sarcopterygii

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Lobe-finned fish
Lungfish
- 7 lobed fins
- lungs*

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Tetrapod adaptations

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Prevent desiccation
Locomotion
Protected reproduction
Homologous structures
Strengthened bones
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Class Amphibia

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Frogs, toads, etc

Double life - metamorphic
Cutaneous respiration
Lungs
Limbs*
3 chambered heart
Ectotherms
External fertilization
Larval aquatic
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Amniotes

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Amniotic egg during reproduction

Reptiles, aves, and mammals

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Class Reptilia

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Turtles
Internal fertilization
Amniotic egg
Ectothermic
Dry skin w/ horny scales
Thoracic breathing (rib cage)
Lungs with many chambers
3 chambered heart
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Class Aves

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Adaptations for powered flight

  • feathers
  • light hollow bones
  • 4 chambered heart
  • very efficient lungs
  • endothermic
  • high metabolic rate
  • well developed nervous system
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Class Mammalia

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Adapted to cold
Hair 
Mammary glands
Specialized teeth
Endotherms; homeostasis
4 chambered heart
Highly developed nervous system
Muscular diaphragm
Thoracic breathing
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Bell curve axi

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X - variation

Y - frequency

53
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5 Agents of evolution

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Small pop. size/genetic drift
No random mating
Mutation
Migration/gene flow
Natural selection
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Evidence for evolution

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Fossil record
Biogeography 
Homoplasy
Artificial selection
Homologies
Evidence of adaptation
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Natural selection needs

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Variation of heritable traits

Overproduction

Limits on growth

Differential reproductive success