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lecture 20 Flashcards

1
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what is microevolution

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changes in allele frequencies in a
population (with in the same species)

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what is macroevolution

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Evolutionary change above the species level
– Includes the origin of a new group of organisms (speciation) or the cumulative evolutionary change over a long period of time
- phenotypic differences are so great that the new species are assigned to different taxonomic categories

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what is speciation

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the process by which one species splits into 2 or more species, i.e. new species

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what must a evolutionary theory explain

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how new species originate in addition to how populations evolve

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what is a species

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Traditionally, morphological differences have been used to distinguish species

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what is the biological species concept

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a population / group of populations whose members have the potential to breed with each other in nature to produce viable, fertile offspring,
- but who cannot produce viable, fertile offspring with members of other species.
(emphasizes reproductive isolation)

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what is reproductive isolation

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  • the existence of biological factors that impede members of two species from producing viable, fertile hybrid
  • Preserves genetic integrity (gene flow prevented)
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what are reproductive isolation methods

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  • prezygotic barriers
  • postzygotic barriers
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what is a prezygotic barriers

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  • prevent zygote formation
  • Impede mating between species or hinder the fertilization if members of
    different species attempt to mate
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what is a postzygotic barrier

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Often prevent the hybrid zygote from developing into a viable, fertile adult
- zygot is produced, but once developed, cannot reproduce or does not survive

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what are the types of prezygotic barriers

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  • habitat isolation : not same habitat
  • temporal isolation: breed at diff times of year
  • behavioral isolation: female will only mate with male with a certain courtship ritual
  • mechanical isolation: cannot mate
  • gametic isolation : sperm will not fertilize egg of another spicies
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what are the types of postzygotic barriers

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  • reduced hybrid viability: hibrid is frail
  • reduced hybrid fertility: hybrid cannot reproduce
  • hybrid breakdown: hybrid survives, reproduces, but F2 generation is feeble or sterile
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who can the biological species concept not be applied to

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  • asexual organisms
  • organisms about which little is known regarding their rep (fossils)
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what is the morphological species concept

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Characterizes a species in terms of its body shape, size, and other structural features

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what is the ecological species concept

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Views a species in terms of its ecological niche

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what is the phylogenic species concept

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trace phylogenetic history of organisms (comparing morphology & molecular sequences)

17
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what are the 2 types of speciation

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  • Allopatric speciation
  • sympatric speciation
18
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what is allopatric speciation

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geographic separation of populations restricts gene flow.

19
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what is sympatric speciation

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Speciation takes place in geographically overlapping populations

20
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in what ways does sympatric speciation occur

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  • change in ploidy (plants)
  • change in ecology (animals)
21
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what are the two changes in poidy possible in sympatric speciation , what group is concerned

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  • autoploidy :Is an individual that has more than two chromosome sets, all derived from a single (SAME) species
  • alloploidy : Is an individual that has more than two chromosome sets, all derived from different species
22
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what specifically contributes to sympatric speciation related to change in ecology

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  • habitat
  • sexual selection
23
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what are the 2 different models that have been developed to explain evolution as observed in the fossil record models

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  • gradualism: evolution continuous over long periods
  • punctuated equilibrium : evolution over short periods
24
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explain gradualism

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Fossils records are incomplete * so we rarely see all stages
Evolution is slow

25
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explain punctuated equilibrium

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  • suggests that fossil record accurately reflects evolution as it actually occurs
  • In the history of a species there are long periods of stasis (no evolutionary) change
  • these are punctuated (or interrupted) by short periods of rapid speciation
  • thatmaybetriggeredbyenvironmentalchanges
  • speciation occurs in a relatively short period (Short = 1000s of years!)
26
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Macroevolution: where can evolutionary novalties arise from

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  • gradual refinement of existing structure
  • Major changes in body can result from changes in
    a) genes that control development
    b) genes that control the spatial organization of body parts
27
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explain gradual refinement of existing structures

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It is important to recognize that natural selection can only improve a structure in the context of its current utility, not in anticipation of the future.
ex: The fossil record indicates that light bones predated flight.
– Therefore, they must have originally had some function on the ground,
* perhaps as a light frame for agile, bipedal (2-legged) dinosaurs.
– Feathers originally were used for courtship, thermoregulation, or camouflage.
* Once flight became an advantage, natural selection would have gradually changed the
structures to be adapted for flight.

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explain mutation in genes that control development

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A change in the rate or timing of developmental events has led to many striking evolutionary transformations.
ex: The feet of the tree-dwellers are adapted for climbing vertically, with shorter digits and more webbing.
 Stunted feet may have resulted if mutations in regulatory genes switched off foot growth early.

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explain mutation in genes that control spacial organization

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-The products of one class of genes called the Hox genes, provide positional information in an animal embryo.
-This information prompts cells to develop into structures appropriate for a particular location.

30
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What are hox genes

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provide positional information in an animal embryo.
– This information prompts cells to develop into structures appropriate for a particular location.

31
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what are adaptive zones

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ecological niches that are not filled by ancestral organism

32
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what does speciation do to adaptive zones

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fills them

33
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what is adaptive radiation

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Periods of evolutionary change in which groups of organisms form many new species whose adaptations allow them to fill different ecological roles or niche

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