Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
107 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
phylogeny |
the evolutionary history of relationships |
|
phylogenetic tree |
a diagrammatic reconstruction of evolutionary history |
|
clade |
represents all the descendants of a single common ancestor, are monophyletic |
|
monopyletic |
contains an ancestor and all descendants of that ancestor |
|
ancestral trait |
the original character state of the common ancestor |
|
derived trait |
when the ancestral trait changes into something new |
|
synapomorphies |
shared derived traits that provide evidence of the common ancestor of a group |
|
convergent evolution |
when traits evolve multiple times independently |
|
evolutionary reversal |
when a character is reverted from a derived state back to an ancestral state |
|
homoplasies |
a character shared by a set of species but not present in their common ancestor |
|
horizontal gene transfer |
refers to the transfer of genes between organisms in a manner other than traditional reproduction |
|
endosymbiosis |
when an independent bacteria is devoured by a eukaryote and integrates itself into the anatomy of the eukaryote |
|
primary endosymbiosis |
synapomorphy of Plantae` |
|
Secondary Endosymbiosis |
a eukaryote engulfed a green algae cell which became a chloroplast |
|
red algae |
simple plants, only have chlorophyll A |
|
green plants |
plants that have chlorophyll A and B, store carbs as starch |
|
plasmodesmata |
channels, holes in cell wall |
|
parenchyma |
basic tissue type in streptophytes with cells linked by plasmodesmata |
|
cuticle |
waxy coating that slows water loss |
|
stomata |
closable openings that regulate gas exchange |
|
gametangia |
organs that enclose gametes and prevent them from drying out, archegonia and antheridia |
|
embryos |
young plants contained within a protective structure |
|
pigments |
protect against UV |
|
sporopollenin |
protects spores, prevents drying and resists decay |
|
gametophyte |
haploid generation, makes gametes by mitosis |
|
sporophyte |
diploid generation, makes spores by meiosis |
|
Bryophytes |
not a true clade, represents liverworts, mosses, and hornworts |
|
Vascular Plants |
have independent sporophyte, internal conduction of water and sucrose |
|
Xylem |
conducts water |
|
Phloem |
conducts food |
|
Roots |
absorb water and minerals |
|
Leaves |
photosynthesize |
|
Lycophytes |
have strobili, |
|
Euphyllophytes |
all vascular plants except lycophytes, have megaphylls |
|
Monilophytes |
horsetails and ferns |
|
Leptosporangiate Ferns |
sporangia walls only one cell thick, require lisuid water for reproduction, both gametophyte and sporophyte generations are independent |
|
indusium |
tissue covering for sori |
|
seed plants |
have capacity for secondary growth, extremely reduced gametophytes, seeds present |
|
heterospory |
two kinds of sporangia produce two kinds of spore which lead to two kinds of gametophytes |
|
megasporangium |
female sporangia |
|
microsporangium |
male sporangia |
|
Megasporangia -> |
Megaspore |
|
Megaspore -> |
Megagametophyte (Ovule) |
|
Megagametophyte -> |
Archegonia + Egg |
|
Dioecious |
having the male and female reproductive organs in separate individuals |
|
secondary growth |
increasing diameter rather than height |
|
gymnosperms |
'unprotected seed' plants |
|
cycad |
dioecious, strobili, palm-like gymnosperm |
|
Ginkgo |
one remaining species, fan-shaped leaves |
|
Gnetophyte |
gymnosperm group comprised of three distinct genera |
|
Conifer |
gymnosperms with reproductive structures in cones |
|
angiosperms |
seed plants with reproductive organs in flowers, seeds enclosed in fruits, |
|
endosperm |
nutritive triploid tissue in angiosperm seeds |
|
cotyledon |
embryonic leaves |
|
Amborella |
rare genus that split off from angiosperms early on |
|
Water Lillies |
floating flowered plant that branched off from angiosperms early on |
|
Parallel veins in leaves |
characteristic of most monocots but not eudicots |
|
sporophyte |
what produces spores in land plants? |
|
32 |
if a gametophyte has 16 chromosomes, how many are in the sporophyte? |
|
multicellular sporophyte |
what is one trait common to all sporophytes? |
|
10 |
if spores of a moss have 10 chromosomes, how many are in the gametophyte? |
|
companion cells |
these are directly involved with pressure-flow model for moving sucrose through a plant |
|
tracheid |
cell type that helps move water though many vscular plants |
|
microgametophyte |
what produces the sperm cell? |
|
club moss |
a low-growing green plant that resembles a large moss, having branching stems with undivided leaves, lack megaphylls |
|
megagametophyte |
another word for the ovule in a seed plant |
|
endosperm |
what is the triploid part of an angiosperm seed? |
|
gymnosperm |
produce pollen, but not fruits |
|
carpel |
innermost part of the flower that produces and protects ovules |
|
microgametophyte |
in which part of an angiosperm would you find a generative cell? |
|
eudicots and monocots |
two main groups of angiosperms |
|
auxin |
plant hormone that regulates phototropic responses |
|
auxin |
plant hormone that affects apical dominance in plants |
|
spines |
what feature of a cactus is part of its constitutve defenses? |
|
independent sporophyte, xylem, phloem |
synapomorphies of vascular plants |
|
tracheid |
long xylem cells, full of holes called pits, empty and dead at maturity, provide continuous flow of water |
|
transpiration, cohesion, tension mechanism |
moves water through evaporation from stomata |
|
phloem |
uses sieve cells/companion cells to move food |
|
pressure-flow model |
moves food through complex mechanism of water pressure |
|
sink |
where a sugar is used or stored |
|
roots |
absorb water and minerals |
|
leaves |
make sugars by photosynthesis |
|
lycophytes |
club mosses, have leaflike microphylls arranged spirally, larger sporophyte |
|
microphyll |
simple 'leaves' with a single midvein |
|
sterile sporangia |
microphylls evolved from |
|
Euphyllophytes |
'true leaf' plants, multiflagellate sperm, roots with endogenous branching |
|
leaf gaps |
synapomorphy of monilophytes |
|
heterosporous |
having male and female spores |
|
overtopping growth |
competition among branches to get to light, cause microphylls to merge into megaphylls |
|
Equisetum |
surviving genus of horsetails |
|
horsetails |
clade with reduced megaphylls in whorls, true roots, independent sporophyte, silica deposits on cell walls |
|
Sori |
structures containing many sporangia |
|
sporangia |
produce spores which are ejected at maturity |
|
tree ferns |
resembles a tree, but lacks true wood |
|
long |
early vascular plants had spores that survived for a long or short period of time? |
|
spores |
early vascular plants dispersed by |
|
unprotected |
in early vascular plants, embryos were ______ |
|
sporophyte |
in early vascular plants, embryos developed directly into ______ |
|
seed |
an embryo and its nutritive tissue |
|
heterospory, female gametophyte protected by sporophyte |
adaptations in evolution of the seed included: |
|
megasporophyte |
undergoes meiosis inside megasporangium to produce four megaspores |
|
integument |
protects megasporangium |
|
ovule |
archegonium and egg are produced by the |
|
microgametophyte |
each microspore grows into a two to three cell ______ |
|
pollen grain |
another name for the microgametophyte |
|
pollen tube |
structure that grows from the pollen into the ovule to deliver sperm |
|
integument |
seed coat is derived from the |