Lab Exam 2 Flashcards
define evolution
process through which the characteristics of species change and through which new species arise
define the theory of evolution
- unifying theory of biology
- change in allelic frequencies within a population over time
- provides direction for predictions about living things
what does the theory of evolution state
- all living organisms evolved from different ancestor species
- you can observe change over a long period a time
- evolution an ongoing process in which characteristics of species change and new species arise
define population
group of interbreeding individuals living in the same space and time
define population genetics
- study of how selective forces change a population through changes in allele and genotypic frequencies
- how genes/alleles change in a population over time
- define evolution as change in the allele’s frequency in a population
define allele frequency
- rate at which a specific allele appears within a population
what constitutes evolution in a population (biological evolution)
change in the frequency of an allele over time
define gene pool
- sum of all the alleles in a population and the relative proportions
define genetic drift
- allele frequencies changing randomly in a population
- change has no advantage
- specific individuals just happen to reproduce more than others
what two things compound genetic drift
- bottleneck effect
- founder effect
define founder effect
- event that initiates an allele frequency change in an isolated part of the population
- portion of population leaving to new location
- not typical of original population
what does the hardy-weinberg equilibrium model do
- mathematical model for sexually reproducing populations to determine allele frequencies and how they change over time
what does the hardy-weinberg principle of equilibrium state
- population’s allele and genotype frequencies are inherently stable unless some kind of evolutionary force is acting upon the population
- assuming allele frequencies do not change from one generation to another
- assumes conditions with no mutations, migration, emigration
- no population can satisfy these conditions
- theory just used as a model to compare real population changes
what are the 5 assumptions necessary for the hardy-weinberg model
- large (infinite) population size = no genetic drift
- no immigration/emigration = no gene flow
- no mutations
- random mating = no sexual selection
- no natural selection
what is first equation in the hardy-weinberg principle
- p + q = 1
- p is frequency of dominant allele
- q is frequency of recessive allele
- says frequencies of both alleles add to 1
what is the second equation in the hardy-weinberg principle
- p^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1
- p^2 is frequency of homozygous dominant genotype
- 2pq is frequency of heterozygous genotype
- q^2 is frequency of homozygous recessive genotype
- says frequencies of all genotypes add to 1
what 5 processes promote biological evolution (change in allelic frequencies)
- natural selection
- sexual selection
- genetic drift
- gene flow
- mutation
define natural selection
- best phenotypes for an environment or reproduction have higher chances of survival
define gene flow
change in allelic frequency due to migration
define genetic structure
- frequencies of resulting genotypes from frequencies of different alleles
- used to understand phenotype distribution
what would the gene pool and genetic structure of generations look like if a population is at equilibrium
the same
define selection pressure
driving selective force
what size populations are more susceptible to genetic drift and why
- small populations
- large populations are buffered against the effects of chance; less % of overall gene pool will be lost if one individual dies
define bottleneck effect
- suddenly wiping out a large portion of the genome
- natural events that randomly kill a large portion of the population
what is the main difference between the bottleneck and founder effect
no loss in alleles in founder effect; individuals just move to different places
define mutations
- changes to organisms DNA
- important driver in diversity in populations
define nonrandom mating
- assortative mating: choosing partner who look similar
- mating due to physical location in large populations
define adaptive evolution
natural selection that selects beneficial alleles and selects against damaging alleles
does natural selection act on individual alleles or entire organisms
- entire organisms
- organisms may carry one beneficial allele and one damaging allele
- effects of each allele determine which will be passed on
how can biological fitness be measured
- survivorship: those best fitted to environment have higher chance of survival
- reproductive success: those best fitted have higher mate chances
- fecundity: those best fitted have higher chances of having more offspring
define evolutionary fitness
natural selection selecting individuals with greater contributions to the gene pool of the next generation
define relative fitness
- how individual fitness compares to other organisms in the population
define gel electrophoresis
technique used to separate macromolecules by size
in the loading chamber of gel electrophoresis, which side is the negative electrode and positive electrode side
- black in negative
- red is positive
which way should wells be oriented in the gel electrophoresis chamber
- wells on negative electrode side (black)
what two things affect phenotypes
- genotypes
- environment
define deleterious alleles
- gene variants that affect an organism negatively
- usually recessive
- often lethal
define heterozygous advantage
- allows deleterious alleles to survive due to heterozygous genotype having a survival advantage over either of the homozygous genotypes
- example: sickle-cell anemia and malaria
describe whether each genotype has sickle cell anemia or is resistant to malaria
- HbA/HbA: normal hemoglobin, no malaria resistance
- HbA/HbS: sickle cell trait but they don’t develop the disease, resistant to malaria
- HbS/HbS: sickle cell anemia
general characteristics of animals
- multicellular
- eukaryotic
- chemoheterotrophs/heterotrophs
- sexual reproduction
- diploid
where do the vast majority of animals live
aquatic environments
how are animals characterized and classified
- genomes/DNA
- anatomy: tissues/organs, presence/absence of body cavity, embryonic development
- symmetry
what are the 3 classifications based on germ layers
- no true tissues
- diploblastic
- triploblastic
define no true tissues germ layer
- one germ layer
what organisms have no true tissues (1 germ layer)
- sponges
- placozoa
define diploblastic
- 2 germ layers
- endoderm and ectoderm
what organisms are diploblastic
- cnidarians
- ctenophores
define triploblastic
- 3 germ layers
- endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm
what are the 2 groups of triploblastic animals
- deuterostomes
- protostomes
define the endoderm germ layer
- innermost layer
- becomes gut, liver, lungs
define the mesoderm germ layer
- middle layer
- becomes skeleton, heart, kidney, muscle, blood
define the ectoderm germ layer
- outermost layer
- becomes skin and nervous system
define coelom
- animals that develop coeloms as embryos
- body cavity in an embryo that later develops into body cavities, body compartments, and connective tissue that holds organs in place
define acoelomates
- animals that do not develop a coelom as an embryo
what are the two types of organisms that have a coelom
- protostomes
- deuterostomes
define blastopore
- first opening into embryo that has a coelom
- leads into primitive embryonic gut referred to as the archenteron
what happens to the blastopore in protostomes and deuterostomes
- protostomes: becomes the mouth, second opening becomes anus
- deuterostomes: becomes anus, second opening becomes mouth
describe coelom formation in protostomes
- schizocoelous
- body cavity forms when mesodermal tissue splits
describe coelom formation in deuterostomes
- entercoelous
- body cavity forms when pockets on the primitive gut (archenteron) bud off
describe the fate of cells in protostomes and deuterostomes
- protostomes: determinate; cells are ore-programmed
- deuterostomes: indeterminate: cells are stem cells
what are the two groups of protostomes
- ecdysozoa: arthropoda, nematoda, etc
- lophotrochozoa: mollusca, annelida, brachiopoda, playhelminthes, etc
what are the 3 phyla of deuterostomes
- hemichordata
- echinodermata
- chordata
define asymmetrical organism
- animals with no discernable symmetry
- found in primitive animals
what phylum’s are asymmetrical
- porifera
- placozoa
define radially symmetrical organisms
- animals that do not have distinct right and left sides
- symmetrical parts radiate from the center
- jellyfish
what phylum’s are radially symmetrical
- cnidaria
- ctenophora
- echinoderms
define bilaterally symmetrical organisms
- animals that have distinct right and left sides
- humans
define invertebrates
- animal that has no backbone
what animal is in the phylum porifera
sponges
describe the phylum porifera
- sponges
- asymmetrical
- acoelomate: no coelom
- no true tissues or organs
- filter feeding
- fibrous and/or mineralized skeleton
- adults can’t move; larvae are free-swimming
- hermaphroditic: male and female reproductive gonadal tissue
- reproduce asexually: budding and fragmentation
what are the two types of cells in sponges for feeding
- choanocytes: filter food from water
- amoebocytes: engulf and digest filtered food
describe the phylum cnidaria
- jellyfish, hydria, corals, anemones, sea fans
- radially symmetrical
- diploblastic
- special cells called cnidocytes for stinging
- stinging organelles within cnidocytes called nematocysts
- gastrovascular cavity for eating and expelling waste
- contains classes anthozoa and medusozoa
what are the two stages of cnidarians
- polyp: attached to substrate
- medusa: can move
describe the class anthozoa
- phylum: cnidaria
- sea anemones and corals
- polyp form only
- mostly sessile
- reproduce sexually or asexually
describe the class medusozoa
- phylum: cnidaria
- includes hydrozoa (hydras), scyphozoa (true jellies), and cubozoa (box jellies
describe hydrozoans
- hydras
- phylum: cnidaria
- class: medusozoa
- has both polyp and medusa body forms
- polyp stage is often dominant
- asexual reproduction
describe scyphozoans
- true jellies
- phylum: cnidaria
- class: medusozoa
- medusa form is dominant; polyp form in reduced
- segmented polyps asexually reproduce
- medusas only reproduce sexually
describe cubozoans
- box jellies/sea wasps
- phylum: cnidaria
- class: medusozoa
- no polyps
- four tentacles at each corner
- sexual reproduction only
- have visual sense
- extremely venomous
describe the phylum ctenophora
- comb jellies
- similar to cnidarians
- diploblastic
- lack nematocysts
- bioluminescence
define diploblastic vs triploblastic
- diploblastic: embryonic endoderm and ectoderm layers
- triploblastic: embryonic endoderm and ectoderm layers AND embryonic mesoderm layers which develop into muscle and bone
describe the phylum platyhelminthes
- acoelomate: no coelom
- free-living or parasitic
- hermaphroditic
- first example of cephalization in fossil record
- flatworms: planarians, flukes, and tapeworms
- contains subphylums catenulida and rhabditophora
describe the subphylum catenulida
- phylum: platyhelminthes
- 100 species
- flatworms
- free-living
- freshwater
- nonmotile sperm
- single testis
describe the subphylum rhabditophora
- phylum: platyhelminthes
- 20,000 species
- includes classes turbellaria, trematoda, cestoda
describe the class turbellaria
- phylum: platyhelminthes
- subphylum: rhabditophora
- planarians
- free-living
- predators or scavengers
- have protonephridia for osmoregulation
- ocelli: eyespots, photoreceptive neurons
- protrusible pharynx for eating and expelling feces
describe the class trematoda
- phylum: platyhelminthes
- subphylum: rhabditophora
- flukes
- internal parasites
- complex life cycle with multiple hosts
- two suckers to attach to host
what is an important differentiation between planarians and flukes
- ocelli: eyes that detect light
- planarians have ocelli
- flukes don’t have ocelli
define the class cestoda
- phylum: platyhelminthes
- subphylum: rhabditophora
- tapeworms
- internal parasites
- reside in vertebrates
- has proglottids (reproductive segments) and scolex (anchor worm to host)
define ecdysozoa
- 1 of 2 major groups of protostomes
- ecdysis: molting
- triploblastic and bilaterally symmetrical
- more ecdysozoan species than all other animals combined
- includes nematoda, tardigrada, arthropoda
define the phylum nematoda
- nematodes and roundworms
- ecdysozoa
- pseudocoelomate
- complete digestive tract
- move via thrashing motion; longitudinal muscles
- not hermaphroditic
- aquatic habitats
- parasites of plant and animal tissues
- includes vinegar eels, trichinella, ascaris
describe vinegar eels
- phylum: nematoda
- turbatrix aceti
- free-living
- feed on bacteria and yeast
describe trichinella
- phylum: nematoda
- parasitic
- responsible for trichinosis from easting infested pork
- creates cysts in pig muscle tissues and human brain
describe ascaris
- phylum: nematoda
- tropical parasites
- can lay 200,000+ eggs per day
- infection starts when eggs are ingested