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radially symmetrical, stinging cells
Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals |
Cnidarians
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no tissue or organs
filter feeding |
sponges
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the division of a nucleus into two genetically, identical nuclei, along with cytokinesis, leads to the formation of two identical daughter cells
growth and replacement |
mitosis
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arthropods
exoskeleton made of chitin |
crabs
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has a 4 chamber heart, like birds
reptiles=3 chamber fish=2 chamber |
crocodiles
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chidarians
body structure like a pie, it's possible to make multiple slices all going through the center, with identical pieces |
radially symetrical
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barrier of reproduction caused by the infertility of hybrid individuals, or inability to survive long after fertilization
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postzygotic barrier to reproduction
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an altercation in the base-pair sequence of an individual's DNA
may arise spontaneously or following exposure to a mutation |
mutation
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head and tail
one body opening tapeworms flukes |
flatworms
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a mechanism of evolution that occurs when there is heritable variation for a trait and individuals with one version of the trait have greater reproductive success than do individuals with a different version of that trait
survival of the fitest |
natural selection
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have hair, mammory glands, and facial muscles
monotremes lay eggs marsupials have a pouch placental mammals |
mammals
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gas found in atmosphere when earth began
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methane (CH4)
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1 species splits into 2 distinct species, 1st phase=reproductive isolation
2nd=genetic divergence, in which 2 populations evolve over time as seperate entities with a physical and behavioral differences |
speciation
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no digestive system
flatworms |
tape worms
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formation of a head where senses are all towards the front
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cephalization
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6 legs
complete metamorphosis |
butterflies
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eat meat: survive only on meat
lions, tigers short digestive system makes digesting meat easier |
carnivores
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no jaws, secret muscles, cartilaginous skeleton, no paired fins
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hagfish
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inheritable
natural selection |
heritable
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describes features that are inherited from a common ancestor
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homologous
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sting ray, shark, skates, rays, hagfish, lampreys
skeleton made completely from cartilage |
cartilaginous fish
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squids, octopi, cuttle fish
no shell |
cephalopods
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molluscus, bihalves, complete gut, filter feeders
shell |
clams
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jelly fish, blind gut, corals, anenomies
stinging, toxic cells |
chidaria
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nucleotide, pairs with cytocine
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guanine
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genetic makeup
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genotype
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selection for both of extremes
often leads to speciation |
disruptive selection
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intermidiate=best fit
(high)AA (low)Aa (high)aa (low)AA (high)Aa (low)aa |
stabilizing selection
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cephalopods
no shell molluscs |
cuttlefish
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selecting for 1 extreme trait
(high)AA (low)Aa and aa |
directional selection
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cell bound by a plasma membrane, no nucleus or other organelles
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prokaryotic organism
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segmented worms
complete gut |
earthworms
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change in allele frequency within a population
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evolution
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natural populations of organisms that can interbreed and are reproductively isolated from other such groups
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species
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selection that, for a given traits, produces that greatest fitness at the intermediate point of the phenotype range
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stabalizing selection
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sponges
highest level of organization in sponges no tissue assymetrical |
collar cells
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organisms in the same environment develope similar structures
(analogous structures) |
convergent evolutions
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arachnid
8 legs |
scorpions
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worms with segmented bodies
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segmented worms
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change of allele frequencies in a population
migration and disease effect small populations faster than latger populations |
genetic drift
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same as species
group-- same area-- living together |
population
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nucleotide
pairs with thymine |
adenine
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20 of them
monomers for proteins |
amino acids
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found in the beginning of time instead of oxygen
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ammonia (NH3)
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earthworms, leeches
complete guy hermaphrodite |
annelida (segmented worms)
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spider, crab, lobster
pod-- foot |
arthropod
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4 feet per section
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millipedes
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self feeders, take organic and make it into organic
CO2---->C6H12O6 |
autotrophs
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science that supports evolution
camelids |
biogeography
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traits that are variable in a population
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genetic variation
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feathers, wings, reptiles
warm blood cloaca |
birds
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complete meta
6 legs |
butterfly
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meat, lion, tiger
short digestive system |
carnivores
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ray, skate, shark
cartilage skeleton |
cartilaginous
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squid, octopi, cuttle fish
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cephalopoda
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break down organic molecules
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digestion
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nucleotides---- 4 (ATGC)
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DNA molecules
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archea, bacteria prokaryotic
eukarya eukaryotic |
domains
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lung fish
gulp air |
extant air- breathing fish
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group from one population that moves to a new area
their gene frequency will be different amish |
founder effect
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insect
4 chromosomes |
fruit flies
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break down of sugar
part of cellular respiration |
glycolosis
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phylogenic tree that shows the history of a species
speciation event--->population of first organism--->biodiversity--->continued speciation |
phylogenetic history
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the evolutionary history of organisms
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phylogeny
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a classification of organisms consisting of related classes
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phylum
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the science of the function of living systems. It is a subcategory of biology. In physiology, the scientific method is applied to determine how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells and biomolecules carry out the chemical or physical function that they have in a living system.
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physiological process
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tapeworm
a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegmented, soft-bodied invertebrate animals. no body cavity, and no specialized circulatory and respiratory organs |
platyhelminthes
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the doubling of the number of sets of chromosomes in an individual
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polyploidy
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animals of the phylum Porifera.Their bodies consist of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells. Sponges do not have nervous, digestive or circulatory systems.
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porifera (sponges)
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a barrier to reproduction caused by the physical inability of individuals to mate with each other, or the inability of the male's reproductive cell to fertilize the female's reproductive cell
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prezygotic barrier to reproduction
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one celled organisms
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prokaryotes
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"Panmixia"
all individuals are potential partners. This assumes that there are no mating restrictions, neither genetic or behavioural In genetics, random mating involves the mating of individuals regardless of any physical, genetic, or social preference. |
random mating
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fish species characterized by rigid bones and a mouth at the apex of the body; they are so called because their fins are lined with hardened rays.
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ray-finned fish
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genetic (heritable) basis of any phenotype which gives a reproductive advantage will become more common in a population (see allele frequency )
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reproductive advantage
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inability of individuals from two populations to produce fertile offspring together
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reproductive isolation
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process by which all living organisms extract energy stored in the chemical bonds of molecules and use it for fuel in life processes
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respiration
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populations that can interbreed with neighboring populations but not with populations separated by larger geographical distances
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ring species
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worm phylum characterized by a long, narrow, unsegmented body and growth by molting; also called nematodes
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roundwords
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paired fins
jaws for capturing prey |
sharks
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gastropod molluscs
one piece curved shell |
snails
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snakes
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cephalopods
8 short tentacles 2 long suckers free swimming contains about 300 species |
squid
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amount of time a species can go without food
can be evolved to resist starving to death (fruit flies) |
starvation resistance
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speciation that results not from geographic isolation but as a result of polyploidy or hybridization and allopolyploidy
uncommon among animals but common among plants |
sympatry
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populations of organisms that interbreed, or could possibly interbreed, with each other under certain conditions, and that cannot interbreed with organisms outside their own group
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biological species concept
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physical evidence of organisms that lived in the past
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fossil record
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turtles
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experiment demonstrating how complex organic molecules could have arisen in earth's early environment.
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Urey and Miller
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structure, once useful to organisms but which has lost its function over evolutionary time
ex. human appendix |
vestigial structures
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