Finals Study Questions Flashcards
Choanocytes are a feature of the _____________.
Porifera
The term for the formation of a coelom from the outpocketing of the cell wall.
Enterocoely
This group is characterized by differentiated cell types, but a lack of true tissues or organs.
Porifera (sponges)
The term for animals without a coelom.
Acoelomates
What two purposes does the movement of the flagellum serve in choanoflagellates?
1) Locomotion
2) Feeding: as the choanoflagellate moves, it catches bacteria on a “collar” where they flagellum connects to the cell body.
In spiral cleavage, how do cells divide relative to the animal-vegetal axis?
Cells divide at an oblique angle.
Ecdysis is a synapomorphy of what group?
The ecdysozoans.
A(n) ______________ or 2-way gut is present in the MRCA of _____________, _______________ and ______________
The incomplete gut is present in the MRCA of cnidaria, protostomes and deuterostomes.
Metazoans have a general trend going from (internal/external) fertilization in more ancestral groups to (internal/external) fertilization in more derived groups.
Tend to go from internal fertilization to external fertilization.
What kind of symmetry does porifera have?
Porifera is asymmetrical.
Where is radial symmetry thought to have appeared? Where is it thought to have been lost?
In the MRCA of cnidarians, protostomes and deuterostomes. It is thought to have been lost in the MRCA of protostomes and deutertostomes.
Among metazoans, there is a general trend towards (extracellular/intracellular) digestion in more derived groups.
General trend towards extracellular digestion in more derived groups.
In animals, the zygote undergoes cleavage to form the ________, the second stage in the early development of animals.
Blastula
Monocots have __________ cotyledon(s), while dicots have __________ cotyledon(s).
Monocots have one cotyledon, dicots have two cotyledons.
Spicules are a synapomorphy of the __________.
Porifera (Poriferata, sponges)
Why is the hedgehog gene important in linking the animals to their sister group?
The hedgehog gene is only present in the choanoflagellates and the metazoa, but not in other non-metazoan taxa.
In ___________ cleavage, cells accumulate in even, symmetrical layers.
Radial
What three groups comprise the diploblastic metazoans?
Cnidarians, ctenophores, and placazoans.
The multiple cells resulting from the cleavage of the zygote early in development are called __________.
Blastomeres
Development where the blastopore becomes the anus.
Deuterostomes
Marine metazoans tend to undergo (internal/external) fertilization while terrestrial metazoans tend to undergo (internal/external) fertilization.
Marine animals tend to undergo external, terretrial animals tend to undergo internal.
What are three additional features seen in the body plans of bilaterally symmetrical animals?
1) Distinct anterior and posterior ends
2) Cephalization
3) Segmentation
A dependant gametophyte is a feature of the ______________.
Angiosperms
Where do the placazoans fall on the phylogeny of metazoans?
Placazoans are sister to all eumetazoans.
These are also known as “seed leaves”.
Cotyledons
A dorsal, hollow nerve cord is a synapomorphy of the ______________.
Chordates (Chordata)
These cell junctions are distinct to metazoans.
Septate junctions
What are some of the similarities that gnetophytes share with angiosperms?
1)Loss of swimming sperm 2)Loss of archegonia (some Gnetophytes) 3)Double fertilization 4)Presence of vessels
The differentiation of the anterior end of an animal into a head with a concentration of sensory organs.
Cephalization
The skeletal elements present in sponges are called __________.
Spicules
The presence of collar cells, similar structure of the mitochondria, and presence of the hedgehog gene are features shared by the ___________ and ____________.
Shared by the metazoans and the choanoflagellate protists.
Where do cnetophores fall on the phylogenetic tree of metazoans?
Ctenophores are placed sister only to cnidarians.
What is a diplontic life cycle?
Life cycle where the main form of the organism is diploid, with only the gametes being haploid.
Porifera and cnidarians undergo __________ cleavage.
Irregular cleavage
Bilateral symmetry evolved in the common ancestor of __________ and ___________, but was lost in the _____________.
Evolved in the common ancestor of deuterostomes and protostomes but was lost in the echinodermates.
What is the common name for porifera?
Sponges
Which of these characterizes nematodes? A)Enterocoely B)Schizocoely C)Acoelmoates D)Pseudocoelomates
D)Psuedocoelomates; nematodes do not have a true coelom, so A) nor B) apply. However, they do have a psuedocoelom, so C) also does not apply.
Arthropoda, nematoda, annelida, and mollusca comrpise the _____phyletic group called _________.
The comprise the monophyletic group called protostomes.
In the water vascular system of sponges, water flows out of outcurrent pores called ____________.
Oscula
Of the following characteristics, which are unique synapomorphies of animals and which are non-unique?
- Collagen
- Multicellularity
- Diplontic life cycle
- Septate junctions
- Spermatazoa
- Blastula
Spermatazoa: b/c other organisms do not possess these distinct male gametes.
Collagen: not present in the extracellular matrix of other organisms.
Blastula: not a stage of development in other organisms.
Septate junctions: not present in the cell junctions of other organisms.
The skeletal elements of sponges, called _________ are composed of __________ or ___________.
Skeletal elements called spicules are composed of silica or calcium carbonate.
The distinctive male gametes of metazoans are called ___________.
Spermatazoa
The term for a cavity between the endoderm and ectoderm.
Pseudocoelom
Cnidocytes are a feature of the _____________.
Cnidarians
Absorptive heterotrophy is a synapomorphy of the __________.
Fungi
Porifera show what kind of symmetry?
Porifera (sponges) are asymmetrical.
Sponges have branched water canals called a(n) _______________.
Aquiferous system
Which sponges have skeletal elements composed of silica? Which have skeletal elements composed of calcium carbonate?
Glass sponges and demosponges have spicules made silica, calcareous sponges have spicules composed of calcium carbonate.
Chitin in their cell walls is a synapomorphy of ________.
Fungi
T/F?
The blastula is a stage in the development of all metazoans.
True
All animals go through a blastula stage in early development.
Protostomes are comprised of ____________ and ______________.
Ecdysozoans and lophotrochozoa.
It is thought that lungs in terrestrial animals evolved from the _____________ in marine animals.
Swim bladders
The in-pocketing of the ____________ leads to the formation of the _____________, later leading to the formation of cell layers.
Inpocketing of the blastula leads to formation of the gastrula.
Sponges undergo asexual reproduction through a process known as ________ or ____________.
Budding or fragmentation.
Type of lateral gene transfer where DNA is released from one bacterium into the environment, is taken up directly through the cell surface of another, and is incorporated into the recipient’s genome.
Transformation
In ____________ animals, two cell layers called the ____________ and the ____________ are formed from the inpocketing of the blastula.
Diploblastic animals have an endoderm and an ectoderm from the inpocketing of the blastula.
The _________, __________, and ___________ make up the group opisthokonts, with __________ sister to ___________ and __________ sister to both.
Fungi, animals and choanoflagellate protists make up the opisthokonts with animals sister to chonoflagellate protists and fungi sister to both.
Small group of aquatic heterotrophic eukaryotes. Sister to animals.
Choanoflagellates
Deuterostomes include the groups _____________ and _____________.
Chordata and echinodermata.
The presence of a gut characterizes the _______________.
Eumetazoans, all animals except sponges.
The cells of porifera are arranged in a gelatinous mix called a ___________.
Mesohyl
The ctenophores and cnidarians (as a clade) are sister to the _____________.
Bilaterians
In sponges, water moves through the animal by the movement of ___________ of many _____________.
Water is propelled by the movement of flagella by many choanocytes.
A diploblastic gastrula is thought to have arisen in the MRCA of what two groups?
The placazoans and eumetazoans.
All metazoans with bilateral symmetry undergo (monoblastic/diploblastic/triploblastic) development.
All bilaterally symmetric animals undergo triploblastic development.
What are the four reasons that ______________ are thought to be sister to animals?
Choanoflagellates are thought to be sister to animals for four reasons:
1) Collar cells: these are shared between choanoflagellates and sponges
2) Mitochondria structure
3) DNA sequencing data
4) Choanoflagellates have homologues of metazoan cell signaling in adhesion genes
What is the animal-vegetal axis?
The longitudinal axis that develops in animals as a result of cleavage.
What groups comprise the ecdysozoans?
Arthropoda and nematoda.
An orchid’s flower has multiple __________, but just one __________.
Has multiple whorls, but one floret.
Peptidoglycan in the cell wall is a feature of which of these three groups?
- Bacteria
- Archaea
- Eukarya
Bacteria and archaea
Monocots have their floral parts in multiples of __________. Dicots have their floral parts in multiples of __________.
Monocots have their floral parts in x3. Dicots have their floral parts in x4-5.
Trocophore larvae are a synapomorphy of the ______________.
Lophotrochozoans (Lophotrochozoa)
Porifera develop by (monoblastic/diploblastic/triploblastic) development.
Monoblastic
Deuterostomes develop by ________, __________ cleavage.
Deuterostomes develop by radial, regulative cleavage.
The hollow space inside of the blastula before it undergoes gastrulation called the ____________.
Blastocoel
A single, posterior flagellum (if present) is a synapomorphy of the ____________.
Opisthokonts
Name for an organism that can shift its metabolism between aerobic and anaerobic as needed.
Facultative anaerobe
What groups compise the lophotrochozoans?
Annelida and mollusca.
The __________ is the characteristic structure of the basidiomycota where spores are stored.
Basidium
The term for the formation of a coelom from the splitting of the mesoderm.
Schizocoely
The blastula is a synamoporphy of the _____________.
Metazoans; all animals have one in development!
Paired setae are a feature of the ___________.
Annelids (Annelida)
All bilaterians are:
- Monoblastic
- Diploblastic
- Triploblastic
All bilaterians are triploblastic.
Why are the chytrids important to understanding the development of fungi?
They are the only fungi with a swimming spore stage; this infers that this feature was ancestral, then lost.
A water vascular system is a synapomorphy of the _____________.
Echinodermates (Echinodermata)
Porifera have what kind of gut?
Porifera (sponges) do not have a gut!
The gastrula is thought to have appeared between the ___________ and ___________.
Porifera and cnidaria.
These short stretches of RNA are involved in gene regulation; some are animal-specific.
microRNAs or miRNAs
Digestion done in a gut is considered (intracelular/extracellular) digestion.
Extracellular; however, cnidarians undergo extracellular in their gut and then complete it with intracellular.
Name three features that justify the placement of charales as sister to land plants.
- Use chlorophyll a & b
- Use starch for energy storage
- Retain eggs before fertilization (but they are not embryophytes!