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Zoology
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Undergraduate 1
02/17/2010

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Systematics
Definition
Phylogenetic relationships between diverse animal groups.
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Phylogeny
Definition
Reconstructed lines of evolutionary descent between living organisms (family tree).
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Numerical Taxonomy (Phenetics)
Definition
1. All classifications have no reality in nature
2. More similar characteristics = more related
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Phylogenetic Systematics (Cladisitics)
Definition
1. All groups are real
2. Look for specific characteristics
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Monophyletic
Definition
One ancestor (mammals)
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Polyphyletic
Definition
Multiple ancestors.
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Evolutionary Taxonomy (Neodarwinian)
Definition
1. Species is only REAL group
2. Uses fossil record
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Species
Definition
Group of interbreeding natural populations that are reproductively isolated from other groups.
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Evidence to construct a phylogeny...
Definition
1. Paleontology
2. Biochemical and genetic
3. Electrophoresis
4. DNA sequencing
5. Hybridization
6. Ontogeny
7. Comparative Physiology
8. Comparative Behavior
9. Comparative Anatomy
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Karyotype
Definition
Chromatin bundles on centromere and creates replicated genes.
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Homology
Definition
1. 2 structures that come from same common ancestor (evolutionary similiarity)
2. Can detect through paleontology and omology
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Analogy
Definition
1. Functional similiarity
2. Tells us a lot about pressures of animals
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Convergent Evolution
Definition
Structures become more alike - but not related
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Divergent Evolution
Definition
Common ancestor (homology with or without analogy)
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Parallel Evolution
Definition
Homology and analogy are independently involved
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Phylogeny Position
Definition
1. Primitive and Advanced
2. Specialized and Generalized
3. Higher vs. Lower
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Taxonomy
Definition
Naming organisms and grouping into categories.
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Category
Definition
Indicates a level of organization in a group of organisms
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Taxon
Definition
Specific name
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Species Name
Definition
1. Binomial Nomenclature
2. Genus name and specific epithet
3. Developed by Linnaeus
4. Species name italicized or underlined
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Prefixes
Definition
1. Super
2. Sub
3. Infra
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Synthetic Theory
Definition
All organisms show variation (from mutation)
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Works at Level of the Individual
Definition
Natural Selection
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Works at Level of Population
Definition
Evolution
Term
Evolution
Definition
1. Life in 4D
2. A change in genetic compostion of population (change in alleles)
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Evolution is interaction between populations and environments - the consequences of the environment are to...
Definition
1. Go extinct
2. Remain unchanged
3. Evolve adaptations
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Adaptation
Definition
Characteristics possessed by an organism that enable it to survive and increase fitness
Term
3 Billion Years Ago..
Definition
1. Life forms existed (prokaryotes)
2. No complex life forms
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Prokaryotes
Definition
1. Cyanobacteria
2. Bacteria
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1.5 Billion Years Ago...
Definition
Eukaryotes existed
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Eukaryotes dominated because...
Definition
1. They had sex
2. Variance occured in species
3. Hypersex-endosymbiotic organism
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Mutualism
Definition
1.(+,+)
2. Both organisms benefit
3. Ex - termites need cellulose
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Commensalism
Definition
1. (+,O)
2. One organism benefits, other neutral
3. Ex - entameoba coli in colon
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Parasitism
Definition
1. (+,-)
2. One organism benefits, other negative
3. ex - entameoba histolytica in colon
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Forms of multicellularity
Definition
1. Amalgamation (colonial hypothesis)
2. Compartmentalization (plasmodial hypothesis)
3. Daughter cells
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Advantages of Multicellularity...
Definition
1. Live longer, individuals can be replaced
2. Produce more offspring - more cells for reproduction
3. Greater internal stability
4. Specialization with increased functional efficiency
5. Lower predation
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Disadvantages of Multicellularity...
Definition
1. Support
2. Transport of nutrients to important cells
3. Metabolic rate keeps demanding more
Term
Hydrostatic Skeleton
Definition
Uses water pressure to stay erect
Term
Asconcid
Definition
Draw H2O in through pores
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Syconoid
Definition
More advanced canals
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Leuconoid
Definition
Most thick and advanced canals
Term
Chanocytes
Definition
1. Microvilli grab onto food particles
2. Amebocytes move through body of sponge
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Diploblastic
Definition
1. Thin layer (only 2 cells thick)
2. Epidermis (skin) and Gastrodermis (lining of digestive tract)
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Bilateral Symmetry
Definition
1. Only symmetric one way
2. Front and back
3. Easier to move
4. More effective to catch prey
5. Senses in front of face
6. Stream lining
7. Complex nervous system
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Polymorphism
Definition
1. 2 different body forms throughout lifetime
2. Cessile (fixed in place)
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Flatworm
Definition
1. Mouth in center of body
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Ectoderm
Definition
Epidermis, nervous tissue, outside layer
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Endoderm
Definition
Gastrodermis, digestive tract, inner layer
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Mesoderm
Definition
Muscles, excretory and reproductive systems, middle layer
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Coelom
Definition
1. Physical space within body (cavity)
2. Greater freedom of movement
3. Better development and differentiation of organs
4. Circulation within the body
5. Storage of wastes
6. Buoyancy organ
7. Hydrostatic organ
Term
Pseudocel
Definition
1. From blastocel
2. Lacks peritoneal lining of mesoderm
3. ex - rotifera, nematoda and gastrotricha
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Protosome
Definition
1. Schizocoelous (split)
2. Blastopore becomes mouth
3. Spiral cleavage
4. Determinate embryology
5. Mollusks, annelids and arthropods
Term
Deuterostome
Definition
1. Enterocoelus
2. Blastopore becomes anus
3. Radial clevage
4. Indeterminate embryology
5. ex - echinoderms, vertebrates
Term
4 Key Features of MOLLUSKS...
Definition
1. Foot
2. Shell (secreted by mantle)
3. Radula
4. Head
ex - abalone, snail, sarcopod, bivalvia, clams, cephalopoda, polyplacophora
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Annelida
Definition
1. Segmented worms
2. ex - leeches, earth worms
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Serial Segmentation
Definition
1. Actual organs/segments are replicated throughout body
2. You can get precise
3. More control of locomotion
4. Larger brains/more complex nervous system
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