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Homology

Similarity in organisms due to common ancestry


Table 25.2 -


(Trait A is homologous among the red branches)

Monophyletic group

An evolutionary unit that includes ancestral population and all of its descendants but no others (also called lineage, or clade)

Synapomorphy

A shared, derived a trait


Table 25.2


(trait A occurs only in the red branches

Homoplasy

Similarity in organisms due to reasons other than common ancestry


Table 25.2


(trait B arose twice independently)

Polyphyletic group

An unnatrual group (shown in purple) that does not include the most recent common ancestor

Paraphyletic group

A group that includes an ancestral population and some of its descendents, but not all


Table 25.2


The above is shown in blue


(See dicots in chapter 28 and fish and reptiles in chapter 32)

The common ancestor of dolphins and Ichthyosaurs....

Did not have streamlined body or fins and flippers. They evolved their similar traits independently.

Hippos, Cows, deer, and pigs are artiodactyls, these mammals have:


Because whales do not have the _____-shaped ankle they are considered the outgroup

1. Hooves


2. An even number of toes


3.An unusual pulley-shaped ankle bone (astragalus)




Pulley

Traditionally, phylogenetic trees based on morphological data place whales as the outgroup to atriodactyls

They, whales, do not have an astragalus (a pulley shapes anklebone that is found in the other creatures.

Every plant came from

Ancestral Alga

All nonvascular plants


(origin of land plants *above* 475 mya)

1. Liverworts


2. Hornworts


3. Mosses

All Seedless vascular plants


(origin about 420 mya)

1. Lycophytes


2. Pterophytes

All seed plants


(origin of seed plants about 360 mya)

1. Gymnosperms


2. Angiosperms

Ecosystem services progivded by green algae and land plants include

1. Producing oxygen via oxygenic photosynthesis


2. Building soil by providing food for decomposers


3. Holding soil and preventing nutrients from being lost to wind or water erosion


4. Holding water in soil


5. Moderating the local climate by providing shade and reducing the impact of wind landscapes

Artificial selection (Human involvement)

Changes the traits of domesticated plants

Plants are used for the following

Fuel - Wood burning for energy, fossil fuels


Fiber - Used for clothes, rope household articles


Building Materials - Lumber for houses and furniture


Medicines - About 25% of the prescriptions written in the United states each year include at least one molecule derived from plants


Food - Fruit, Vegetables, etc.

Nonvascular plant descriptors -

-Lack of vascular tissue (specialized groups of cells that conduct water or dissolved nutrients trhoughout the plant body)


-Include mosses


-Use spores, not seeds, for reproduction and dispersal

Seedless vascular plant descriptors -

-Have well-developed vascular tissue


-Do not make seeds; use spores for reproduction


-Includes ferns

Seed plant descriptors -

-Have vascular tissue


-Make seeds (consist of an embryo and a store of nutritive tissue, surrounded by a tough protective layer


-Include angiosperms [IMPORTANT] (*encased-seeds*), or flowering plants and gymnosperms [IMPORTANT] (*Naked seeds*)

Cuticule

A waxy layer that prevents water loss from stems and leaves.

Stomata

Have pores that allow gas exchange in photosynthetic tissues.

Clones

Genetically identical copies of the parent plant

Rhizomes

Underground stems that can produce new individual plants

Corms

Modified underground stems that function in plant propagation

Plantlets

Young or small plants that may form along the margins of plant leaves. A form of asexual reproduction

Mature seeds can form without fertilization by

Apomixis

Four ways to make clones are

Rhizomes


Corms


Plantlets via margins of plant leaves


Apomixis via seeds

The Stamen:


Anther


Filament

Stamen = Male reproductive structure


Anther = Produces pollen


Filament = Supporting stalk

The Carpel:


Stigma


Style


Ovary

Carpel = Female reproductive structure


Stigma = Sticky tip


Style = Elongated stalk


Ovary = Contains ovules

Petal

Flower petals, wtf? you know this.

Sepal

The green leaf thing underneath the flower petal that people like to draw

Flowers that contain both stamens and carpels are

Perfect

Flowers that contain either stamens or carpels, but not both, are

Imperfect

Monoecious plants have separate ______- and ______-producing flowers on the same individual

Stamen, Carpel


Fun fact: In corn, the tassel is a collection of "male" flowers and the ear contains a group of "female" flowers

Dioecious plants such as ______ produce only male flowers or female flowers

Cannabis

Fertilization initiates fruit development as well as seed and embryo development. As fruit matures, the walls of the ovary thicken to form the _______, the part of the fruit that surrounds and protects the seed.

Pericarp

Three basic fruit types:


____________-like the cherry develop from a single flower that contains a single carpel or several fused carpels


____________-like the blackberry develop from a single flower that contains many separate carpels


____________-like the pineapple develop from many flowers and thus from many carpels

Simple fruits, Aggregate fruits, Multiple fruits

Form and Function of Modified Roots:


Anchor roots-_________________


Pneumatorphores-____________


Prop roots-____________________


Storage roots-_________________

Anchor- These adventitious roots anchor stems to walls and to other plants


Pneumatorphores- Allow for gas exchange between roots and atmosphere


Prop- These adventitious roots stabilize the stem


Storage- Sugar beets store carbohydrates and other nutrients in their taproot for future use

Form and function of Modified Stems:


Water-storage structures-________________


Tubers-___________________________________


Stolons-___________________________________


Thorns-___________________________________


Rhizomes-________________________________

Water-storage structures- Cactus stems store water; the spines are modified leaves.


Tubers- Tubers such as potatoes store carbohydrates such as starch


Stolons- Strawberry stolons produce new individuals at nodes above ground


Thorns- Thorns provide protection from herbivores


Rhizomes- Produce new individuals at nodes below ground, and store carbohydrates

Form and function of modified leaves-


Bulbs-_________________


Floral mimics-_________


Succulent leaves-______


Traps-_________________


Tendrils-_______________

Bulbs-Onion leaves store food


Floral Mimics- Red poinsetta leaves attract pollinators


Succulent leaves- Aloe-vera leaves store water


Traps- Picther plant leaves trap entering insects, use their hood to discourage insects from flying out, and then digest them


Tendrils- Pes tendrils aid in climbing



Types of leaves:


Simple-


Compound-


Doubly compound-


Needle-like-

Simple- has a petiole and a single blade


Compound- has a blade divided into leaflets


Doubly compound- Is large yet rarely damaged by wind or rain


Needle-like- are characteristic of species adapted to very cold or hot climates.

Plant cells are surrounded by a cellulose rich

Primary cell wall

Some plant cells have a rigid

Secondary cell wall

Plant cells are connected by

Plasmodesmata

Plant tissues are grouped into ________, based on their structural features and location within the plant.

Tissue systems

Simple tissues-


Complex tissues-

Simple- consist of a single cell type


Complex- Contain several types of cells

Three tissue systems are found in plants:


1.


2.


3.

1. Dermal tissue system


2. Ground tissue system


3. Vascular tissue system

Trichomes

Hairlike appendages made up of specialized epidermal cells that perform various functions

Most photosynthesis and carbohydrate storage takes place in the ___________

Ground tissue system

Ground tissue is a complex tissue made up of three distinct tissues:


1.


2.


3.

1.Parenchyma


2.Collenchyma


3.Sclerenchyma

Parenchyma


1. In leaves:


2. In roots:

1.Photosynthesis and gas exchange


2.Carbohydrate storage

Collenchyma


1.


2.


3.

1. Cross section of celery stalk


2. Close-up of "string,"


3. Collenchyma cells, in cross section

Sclerenchyma


1.


2.

1.Fibers


2.Sclereids

Vascular tissue system is made up of two complex tissues:


1.


2.

1.Xylem


2.Phloem

Xylem

Conducts water and dissolved nutrients from the root system to the shoot system

Phloem

Conducts sugars, amino acids, hormones, and other substances from roots to shoots and from shoots to roots

Types of things involving Xylem


1. Tracheids


2. Vessel elements


3. Tracheids and vessel elements

1. long, tapered and have pits


2. short and wide and have perforations as well as pits


3. are found together in vascular tissue

Types of things involved Phloem


1.Sieve tube/companion sell


2. Longitudinal section/sieve plate


3.Cross section/companion cell/sieve plate



Not sure what to put here

Apical meristems what is it? And:


1.


2.


3.



Give rise to three distinct primary meristems


1.Protoderm: gives rise to the dermal tissue system


2.Ground meristem: gives rise to the ground tissue system


3.Procambium: gives rise to the vascular tissue system

Cambium

Differs from an apical meristem


-forms a cylinder that runs the length of the root, trunk or branch


-its cells divide to increase the width of the plant

Two types of Cambia plants:


1.


2.

1. Vascular cambium- is located between secondary xylem and secondary phloem


2. Cork cambium- is located near the outer perimeter of the root, trunk, or branch

Tree trunk, what is the inner/outer xylem called?

Inner xylem=heartwood


Outer xylem=sapwood

Water potential

the potential energy of water in a particular environment, compared with the potential energy of pure water at atmospheric pressure and room temperature

Water potential is measured in

Megapascals (Mpa, 10 Pa)

Pure water at atmospheric pressure and room temperature has a water potential of

0Mpa

A solution is

A homogenous mixture of a liquid solvent (often water) and dissolved substances or solutes

Water potential has two major components

1.Solute potential (Kingdeomkey small s)


2.Pressure potential (Kingdomkey small p)

Solute potential is

The tendency of water to move by osmosis


SOLUTE POTENTIAL OF LEAVES DROP DURING HOT, DRY MONTHS

Pressure potential is

The tendency of water to move in response to pressure

Turgor pressure is

an important source of pressure on water in cells

Water potential is defined by the equation

Kingdom Key = Kingdom Key small p + Kingdom Key small s



Root pressure causes guttation which is

The secretion of droplets of water through a plants pores

Capillary action:


Surface Tension-


Adhesion-


Cohesion-

Surface tension- Pulls water column up to minimize air-water interface


Adhesion- Water attracted tog lass is pulled up against the force of gravity


Cohesion- Holds water molecules in the water column together

Translocation

Is the movement of sugars through a plant by bulk flow from sources to sinks through the phloem

Transpiration

Water absorbed by roots, water travels through plant, water evaporates from leaf surface

Monocots

Vascular tissue is scattered throughout the stem, parallel veins, petals in multiples of 3, One cotyledon

Dicots

Two cotyledons, Vascular tissue in circular arrangement in stem, branching veins in leaves, petals in multiples of 4 or 5