Identity Part 2 Flashcards
Taxonomy
Binomial Nomenclature
- Genus name + Species Name
Taxonomy
Cladistics
- Evolutionary Relationships with positive or negative traits
Taxonomy
Species vs Subspecies
- Species: Can interbreed and produce viable offspring
- Subspecies: Different traits but can still interbreed
Reproductive Isolation and Separation
Hybrid
- Two species can mate without fertile offspring
Reproductive Isolation and Separation
Allopatric Speciation
- Separated by geography
Reproductive Isolation and Separation
Sympatric Speciation
- Separation/Isolation but can meet if wanted to
Reproductive Isolation and Separation
Types of Sympatric Isolation
- Prezygotic:
- Behavioral: Calls
- Temporal: Mating time
- Habitat
- Gamete/ZP3 incombatibility
- Postzygotic:
- Hybrid Inviability: No development of offspring
- Sterility: 0 fertile offspring
Reproductive Isolation and Separation
Examples
- Salamanders in California are same species but different subspecies
- Need to be polymorphic in gene pool for subspecies
- May become sep species with time and more genetic variation
Reproductive Isolation and Separation
Ernest Mayr
- Helped introduce subspecies after working with Birds of Paradise
- Was just a continum of one species adapting to different environment
Reproductive Isolation and Separation
Subspecies Criteria
- Polymorphic
- Geo Isolation but can interbreed
- Genetic Difference(75% Rule)
- Physically Different
* Human Races ≠ subspecies because doesn’t apply to 75% rule
Skin Color
What is it caused by?
- Melanocytes ==> Melanin(in Melanosomes)
- Transported to keratinocytes by tubes
Skin Color
Determination and Correlated to
- Types:
- Phenomelanin: Pink/Yellow
- Eumelanin: Brown/Black
- Amount of Melanin
- Number of Melanosomes
* Correlated to UV Radiation Levels
Evolution of Skin Color
Old Theory
- Started with chimps wit hwhite skin
- From Persistance Hunting, Sweating, and less hair, there was more need for melanin
- Problem: Cancer comes too late for evolution
Evolution of Skin Color
New Theory
- Because UV destroys Folate and Folic Acid, needs to increase melanin for dark skin
- Since UV needed for Vitamin D production
- Vitamin D needed for calcium absorption
- Decerased Vitamin D ==> Rickets
- As go away from equator:Decreased melanin for Vitamin D
- Balance between Vitamin D and Folate
Evolution of Skin Color
Folic Acid
- Prevent anemia in pregnancy
- Needed to make new cells and synthesize DNA
- Prevents spina bifida and hydrocephalus
- Needed for sperm production
Population Separation
How population separation(race) came to be
- Race Genetic Drift ==> Founder and Bottleneck Effect
- Genome ==> skin color ≠ genetic equality
Bias
Bias Systems
- Unconcious = 90%
- Automatic and Error Prone
- Conscious = 10%
- Effortful and Reliable
Bias
Schema
- Mental Framework of abstract concepts
- Social Schema: Certain traits for groups
Bias
Representativeness Heuristic
- Judge membership of someone based on how close they are to a certain schema
Bias
Anchoring Effect
- Reason to believe something
Bias
False Consensus Effect
- Surrounding yourself with others who agree with you
Bias
Just World Effect
- Believing the world is fair
- Helps us rationalize what happens to others
- Helps us think that our efforts will be rewarded