Topic 8 Flashcards

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New species arise through the process of…

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speciation.

  • an ancestral species splits into two or more descendant species that are genetically different from one another, and can no longer interbreed.
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What is macroevolution?

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broad patterns of evolutionary change above the species level.

  • evolutionary changes occurring on geological time scales.
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What is the difference between microevolution and macroevolution?

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nothing!

they are fundamentally identical processes on different time scales.

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What is a species under the Biological Species Concept (BSC)?

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a group of actually (or potentially) interbreeding individuals that produce viable, fertile offspring and are reproductively isolated from other species.

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What are some limitations of the BSC?

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  • cannot be applied to fossils or asexual organisms
  • emphasizes the absence of gene flow
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What is the morphological species concept?

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defines a species by structural features

  • applies to sexual and asexual species
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What is the ecological species concept?

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defines a species as a set of organisms adapted to a particular set of resources called a niche, in the environment

  • applies to sexual and asexual species.
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What is the phylogenetic species concept?

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defines a species as the smallest group of individuals on a phylogenetic tree.

  • applies to sexual and asexual species.
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BSC emphasizes…

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reproductive isolation.

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What is reproductive isolation caused by?

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caused by biological factors (barriers) that impede two species from interbreeding and producing viable, fertile offspring (hybrids)

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What are hybrids?

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offspring of crosses between different species

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what are prezygotic barriers?

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block fertilization from occurring.

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Prezygotic Reproductive Barriers

What is habitat isolation?

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when two species encounter each other rarely, or not at all because they occupy different habitats

  • not isolated by physical barriers
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Prezygotic reproductive barriers

What is temporal isolation?

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A species that breed at different times of the day or different seasons and cannot mix their gametes.

  • occupy the same habitat
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Prezygotic reproductive barriers

What is behavioral isolation?

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courtship rituals and other behaviors unique to a species are effective barriers

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Prezygotic reproductive barriers

What is mechanical isolation?

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morphological differences can prevent successful mating

(anatomically incompatible)

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Prezygotic reproductive barriers

what is gametic isolation?

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gametes (ex: sperm) of one species may not be able to fertilize the eggs of another species

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What are postzygotic barriers?

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prevent a hybrid zygote from developing into a viable, fertile adult

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Postzygotic reproductive barriers

what is reduced hybrid viability?

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genes of the different parent species may interact to impair the hybrid’s development or survival

  • often results in zygote death.
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postzygotic reproductive barriers

what is reduced hybrid fertility?

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even if the hybrids are vigorous, they may be sterile.

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Postzygotic reproductive barriers

what is hybrid breakdown?

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some first generation hybrids are vigorous and fertile, but when these hybrids mate with one another, or with either parent species, offspring of subsequent generations are feeble and sterile.

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What is allopatric speciation?

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The evolution of a new species following the geographic isolation of two or more subpopulations of an ancestral species.

  • separated subpopulations may evolve independently through natural selection, mutation, and genetic drift
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What is sympatric speciation?

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the evolution of a new species from an ancestral species while both continue to inhabit the same geographic region

  • speciation without geographic separation
  • when individuals in a sub group of the population stop gene flow with individuals of the larger population, they may eventually become a new species
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What is polyploid speciation?

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occurs when changes in the number of chromosome sets (polyploidy) create genetically distinct descendants that are reproductively isolated from parental forms.

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What is hybrid speciation?
occurs when interbreeding between two related species creates genetically distinct descendants that are reproductively isolated from the parent species.
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What are polyploids?
have a different number of chromosome sets than their parental forms. - polyploids arise from allopolyploids (hybrid speciation)
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What is an allopolyploid?
a species with multiple sets of chromosomes derived from the hybridization of different species. - an individual with more than two chromosome sets, derived from one species.