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Clinal Variation

changes in phenotype as you move across an ecological gradient



Genetic Drift

random changes in allele frequencies from one generation to the next due to sampling error and acts on small isolated population

Lost Allele

lost from population

Fixed

one lost, 2 present

Founder effect

colonization event in which a subpopulation arrives to a new area but does not reflect genetic variation of source population due to sampling error

Bottleneck Effect

a drastic reduction in population size due to natural disaster or disease epidemic and leads to reduced genetic variation



3 Major Types of Natural Selection

Stabilizing, Directional, Disruptive



Stabilizing

Mean/average phenotype is being selected for



Directional

shift in average phenotype



Disruptive



Mean/average phenotype is being selected against





Plasmodium falciparum

organism responsible for causing malaria



Vector

transmits disease from one organism to another



Sickle Cell anemia

recessive



Only have malaria if

homozygous recessive



If you are ___ for sickle cell anemia, you have more ___ to malaria

heterozygous; resistance

Balancing Selection/Heterozygote Advantage

selecting for the heterozygote state



Thalassemia

if heterozygous, more resistant to malaria

G6PD Deficiency



if heterozygous, more resistant to malaria

Geographic Isolation

2 populations separated by geographical barrier

Reproductive Isolation

populations come together and can't produce fertile offspring



Prezygotic Barriers

occur before formation of zygote (prevent fertilization)



Temporal

species reproduce at different times



Habitat

Species reproduce in different habitats

Behavorial

species have distinctive courtship behaviors



Mechanical

special have structural differences in their reproductive organs



Gametic

gametes of species are chemically incapable

Postzygotic barrier

after formation of zygote, reduce viability of hybrid

hybrid inviability

embryo never fully develops; spontaneous abortion

hybrid sterility

hybrid survives but is unable to reproduce



2 types of speciation

Allopatic and Simpatric



Allopatric

main population experiences geographic barrier and interrupts gene flow and causes 2 different species to emerge



Simpatric

species takes place in same area

3 ways simpatic speciation arrises

resource allocation, sexual selection, polyploidy



polyploidy

organism has more than 2 sets of chromosomes



unreduced gamete

same number of chromosomes as you would have in the diploid state (n=46)


occurs through malfunction in meiosis



macroevolution

things that occur over millions of years

microevolution

things that occur in short amount of time


hybrid zone

2 or more species overlap and produce fertile offspring

disjunct distribution

range of species is operated by geographical gap

Larrea

plant grown in deserts and is disjunct in distribution

Horizontal Gene Transfer

transfer of gene foreman genome to another

Rubisco

most abundant protein on planet, made up of 2 subunits



Amborella

tropical vine that is ancestor to all flowering plants

Halobacterium

archaea that can tolerate high salt concentration

Picrophillus

archaea that can survive at ph's lower than .5 and temperatures of 60 degrees celsius



Deinococcus

eubacteria that survives at radiation levels 3000x higher than normal

2 possible ways life occurred earth

primordial soup or ET



Prokaryotic size

0.5-5



Eukaryotic size

10-100





Spherical cells

cocci



rod shaped cells

bacilli

staphylo

cluster

strepto

filaments of chains

spiral shaped cells contain ___ that cause lime disease

spirochaetes

Eubacteria wall

contain peptidoglycon

Archaea cell walls

contain polysacharides and proteins

Ways cells stick to each other

capsule and fimbraea

Capsul

sticky outside that can be composed of polysaccharides and proteins



Gram positive cell wall

simple cell wall with large amounts of peptidoglycan and have circular chromosomes

gram negative cell walls

relatively complex cell walls with less peptidoglycan but also have other membranes composed of lipopolysaccharides which are toxic

Antibiotic more effective on ____

gram positive cell wall



Fimbriae

little hairs that enable cells to stick to substrate

sex pilus

tube that connects 2 cells and allows transfer of DNA

Vertical Gene Transfer

passing genes from one generation to the next

3 way Cells move

flagellum, cilia, taxis

Flagellum composed of

motor hook and fillament


taxis

movement in response to environmental stimuli

Over ___% of prokaryotes code for genes

90

junk DNA

doesn't code for genes

Binary Fission

one cell divides into 2 by asexual reproduction

Prokaryotes have ___ rates of evolution because of ___generation times and ___ levels of genetic variation

high; short; high

3 reasons prokaryotes have genetic variation

short generation times, mutation, genetic recombination

mutation

changes in DNA sequences


Genetic Recombination

exchange of genetic material

Endospore

houses organelles and can survive harsh environments for hundreds of years

3 methods of genetic recombination

transformation, transduction and conjugation

transformation

uptake of DNA from surrounding environment

transduction

virus transfers DNA from one genome to another

Conjugation

transfer of DNA from one cell to another through a sex pilus and are unidirectiontal

Viruses are not alive because

they don't replicate their own genetic material

4 ways viruses use DNA

dsDNA, ssDNA, dsRNA, ssRNA



Theory that RNA switched to DNA because

viruses


instability of RNA

cyanobacteria

conduct photosynthesis and release large amount of oxygen

folding of ___ structurally developed photosynthetic bacteria

plasmalemma

Cynobacteria and Symbiosis

lichens and water fern

heterocysts

assist with nitrogen fixation



primary endosymbiosis

eukaryotic ancestor took up prokaryotic cell and anaerobic bacteria became mitochondria and cyanobacteria became chloroplast

Secondary Endosymbiosis

eukaryotic cell takes up another eukaryotic cell

Bacillariophyta - Diatoms

unicellular


15,000 species


2 common morphologies


frustule


fossilize readily

2 common morphologies of diatoms

Pennate (longitudinal)- fresh water


centric (circular) - marine water



frustule

hard cell wall that contains sillicates

Dinophyta - Dinoflagellates

release toxic chemical and cause red tides


symbiotic with choral: zooxanthellae


cell walls made of cellulose


fresh water and marine


bioilluminescence

Dinoflagellate that is symbiotic with choral

zooxanthellaea

bioluminescence

certain chemicals give off light

Euglenophyta - Euglenoids

no cell wall, have special membrane called pellicle made of proteins


eye spot


photosynthetic


can uptake food from surrounding environment


fresh water, brackish



Rhodophyta - Red Algae

pigment phycoerythrin that reflects red light


unicellular and multicellular


tropical marine waters


cell wall made of agar, cellulose and carrageenan



Chrysophyta - Golden Brown Algae

cell walls of cellulose and sillicates

Xanthrophyta - Yellow Green Algae

unknown cell wall


fresh water

Cryptophyta - Crytomonads

no cell walls


marine and fresh water

Prymnesiophyta - Haptophytes

tropical marine water

Phaeophyta - Brown Algae

all multicellular


kelp forests


cell walls of cellulose


cool,marine waters

Chlorophyta 3 Major Clades

Chlorophycaea, Ulvophycaea and Charophytes



Chlorophyta - Green Algae

unicellular and multicelluar


fillaments- colony


10,000 species



Chlorophycaea

2,600 species


marine and fresh water

Ulvophycaea

dyanmic organisms


marine and fresh water

Charophytes

marine and fresh water


order charales



Order Charales

sister to kingdom Plantae

Bryophyte 3 Division

Bryophyta, Marchantiophyta, Anthocerotophyta



Non Vascular Plants

poikilohydric


no root system


gametophyte stage





Archegonia

produce egg cells

Antheridia

produce sperm cells



Bryophyta

mosses


10,000 species



Marchantiophyta

liver warts


2,000 species


2 morphologies


Gammae cups


microscopic sporophytes

2 morphologies of Marchantiophyts

Thallose - large flat body




Leafy - overlapping leaves

Gammae cups

undergo sexual reproduction

Anthocerotophyta

horn warts


less than 100 species

Vascular plants

spend life in sporophyte

Xylem

connective tissue that transports water throughout the plant

phloem

tubes that transport products of photosynthesis throughout plant

Homeohydric

able to maintain water balance

Lycophyta

seedless


non flowering


haploid

Lycopodiales

homosporous : same spore size

Strobilus

cone like structure where sporangia are found

sporangium

structure where spores are found

In homosporous plants, gametophyte contains __ and ___

archegonia and antheridia

Selaginellales and Isoetales

have sporangia that contain spores that have different sizes : heterosporous

Microspore

only bears antheridia

megaspore

only bears archegonia

Monilophytes - ferns

5 clades


monophyletic group

3 major clades of Monilophytes

Psilotales- whisk ferns


Equisetopsida - horsetails


polypodiales - letposporangiate ferns



Seed plants and Lycophytes are ___ of ferns

outgroups



Psilotales

whisk ferns


2 genera


no leaves


photosynthetic stem


homosporous

Equisetopsida

horsetails


single genus


10-12 species


no photosynthetic leaves, only stem


sporangia and spores inside strobilus


homosporous




Polypodiales

Leptosporangia ferns


aquatic ferns heterosporous, all others homo


11,000 species





Leptosporangia

single epidermal cell where sporangia arise

annulus

ring of cells that surround sporangium

Indusia

flap of tissue that protects sporangia

sorus

reproductive structures found

function of annulus

help spores disperse by drying out

number of spores when released from leptosporangia

64