Kingdom Protista Flashcards
Kingdom Protista is a ___ group
Polyphyletic
How old is Kingdom Protista
approx 1.5 billion years
Synapomorphy for Supergroup Excavata
Groove that runs along the body
4 Euglena characteristics
P/C
F
E
P
Photosynthetic, can become consumers in the dark
Flagellum
Eyespot (photoreceptor)
Positive Phototaxis
Positive phototaxis
Orients towards light
Photoreceptor
light vs dark
Synapomorphy for Supergroup Archaeplastida
Chloroplast DNA
Supergroup Archaeplastida characteristics
C
P
UCM
Chloroplast DNA
Photosynthetic
Unicellular, colonial, multicellular
2 Volvox characteristics
Colonial
Photosynthetic
Volvox reproduction in spring and summer
Asexual reproduction
Volvox reproduction in fall
Sexual reproduction
Some colonists make sperm
Some colonists make eggs
Monoecious
Male and female parts in 1 body (colony)
Dioecious
Male or Female
Synapomorphy for Supergroup Amoebozoa
Lack of mitochondria
2 Supergroup Amoebozoa characteristics
Pseudopods and lack mitochondria
Synapomorphy for Supergroup SAR
DNA evidence
2 Dinoflagellates characteristics
Cause the red tide
Genus Zooxanthella
Zooxanthella are symbionts with
symbionts with anemones
Plasmodium causes
Malaria
Paramecium
Ciliated
Conjugation
Fission
What does paramecium conjugation lead to?
Genetic diversity through “sexual” reproduction
How does Paramecium fission (asexual) cause genetic diversity?
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