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What are the 2 types of research
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General
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Applied research
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• Address a certain question
• Funding is available because profit can be attained • Applied cannot be done without basic, but funding is leaving basic research because there is no profit to be gained |
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Basic Research
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• Done to gain knowledge
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How many species described?
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1 Million
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How many estimated possible species in existence?
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10 Million
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Invertebrates
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>99% of animals
Animal w/o vertebral column |
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Vertebrates
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<1%
Vast majority have vertebral column |
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Animal
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Multicellular organism
Specialization/differentiation of cells Heterophy Motility Eukaryotes |
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Biological classification
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system to organize living things into categories
Does not change animal just the way it is classified Strictly for our convenience |
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Human Classification
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Animalia
Chordata Mamallia Primates Hominidae Homo Homo sapiens |
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Population separation
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Mammals decrease in size and reptiles increase in size
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Taxon
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Group of organisms that have been given a name
Any taxon is a group of living things with similarities that draw them together and set them apart form others |
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Taxonomy
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Biological specialty in which taxa are named
Not only make new groups but amend existing ones |
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Systematics
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Study relationships between and/or among taxa
either lumpers or spliters |
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Phyla
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35 phyla in animal kingdom
Every major phylum contains some marine animals Most phyla are mostly marine Some phyla are totally marine |
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Why so many marine animals
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Fewer barriers
More space Temperature is more constant Salty water is more bouyant More constant |
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Phylogeny
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Evolution
• Earth is aprox 4.6 Bil years old • Oldest animal 700 Million Not first animals just ones with rigid parts |
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Homologous
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Having similar origins in Embryo
Does not tell function Word of comparison |
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Analogous
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Simular function not always same origin
Word of comparison |
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Autotroph
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Produces food for self
Photosynthetic Chemosynthetic |
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Photosynthetic
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Creates food with light
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Chemosynthetic
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Creates food from chemicals
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Reproduction
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Asexual
Sexual |
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Sexual Reproduction
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Always includes Meiosis
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Asexual Reproduction
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Does not include Meiosis
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Dioecious
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Separate sexes
Humans, hookworms |
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Monoecious
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Both sexes in one individual
Tapeworm, earthworm |
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Symbiosis
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Type of existance in which members of different species live in intimate contact with one another
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Symbiont
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Organism involved in symbiosis
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Four types of Symbiosis
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Commensalism
Mutualism Parasitism Parasitoidism |
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Commensalism
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one organism is benefited and the other is not affected
Ex. Cattle egret and worms on crawfish gills |
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Mutualism
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Both organisms benefit mutually
Ex. Clown fish and anemone, algae in tissue of some organisms |
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Parasitism
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One organism (parasite) is benefited and the other (host) is harmed
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Endoparasite
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lives inside host
ex. Tapeworm, hookworm |
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Exoparasite
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Live outside host
ex. Tick |
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Parasitoidism
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One organism benefits (parasitoid) and one is killed (host)
All internal Ex. Horse hair worm, Fly in S.A kills ants |
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Symmetry
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Proportional with even distribution of parts
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Radial Symmetry
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Organism has body parts arranged symmetrically around a central point
Oral surface-side with mouth Aborla Surface-opposite oral surface Oral-aboral axis--central point |
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Bilateral Symmetry
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Organsim has axis that runs length of body (longitudinal axis) and body parts are arranged on either side
Found in more active animals |
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Cephelization
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development of a head
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Biradial symmetry
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Have oral-aboral symmetry
Oval in shape |
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Asymmetry
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Organism does not have even distribution of parts
ex. Protozoans, Sponges |
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Human body support
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bone and cartilage
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Exoskeletons
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Insects have an external skeleton
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Shells or tests
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Sometimes act as skeleton, sometimes only protection
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Hydrostatic Skeleton
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Fluid based on water
Fluid trapped inside body and since water cannot be easily compressed it provides supports |
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Protozoa
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Kingdom Protista
Unicellular eukaryotes Some heterotrophs Some autotrophs Some colonial Occur EVERYWHERE adequate water is available |
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Saphrozoic
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some protozoa live in decaying organic matter that serves as nutrients
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microscopic
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Surface area:volume is smaller
Surface of cell is what interacts with environment |
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submicroscopic
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Can Barely be seen without a microscope
Paramecium and amoebea |
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Nummulites
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Formineferans
~20-25cm |
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Macroscopic
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Can be seen in detail without microscope
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Plasmalemma
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Proper name for cell membrane
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Pellicle
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Strengthend plasmalemma as well as protective coverings
Give predictive shape but not rigid Ex. Euglena, Paramecium No Pelicle: Amoeba proteus |
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Tests
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Shell
Foraminiferans, Radiolarians |
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Sol state
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Liquid form of
Inner part of protozoan cells are in sol state Plasmasol-sol part of plasmalemma |
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Gel state
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Semisolid form of cytoplasm
Organelles are in this state Ectoplasm |
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Uninucleate
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Only one nucleus
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Multinucleate
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Two or more nucleus
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Locomotory Organelles
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Psuedopodia
Cilium Flagellum |
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Pseudopodia
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Amoeba extend extremities by ballooning plasmasol outward in 3D
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Cilium
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Hairlike organelles outside the cell. Covered by plasmalemma
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Flagellum
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Large hairlike organelle
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Microtubules
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Arranged in a 9+2 pattern
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Contractile Vacuole
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Vacuole that can contract and expand
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Osmoregulation
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Any process where water concentration is controlled by cell
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Homeostasis
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The stability of internal conditions of an organism
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Endocytosis
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Any process in which materials cross into the plasmalemma
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Phagocytosis
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Produces vacuoles
Materials taken in solid |
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Pinocytosis
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Material is taken in disolved
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Diffusion
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Not a biological process
Net movement of chemicals from higher conc. to lover conc. |
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Ammonia
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Main metabolic waste in protozoa
Not harmful because it leaves the body quickly to be dispersed into water |
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Conjugation
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Form of sexual reproduction where genetic material is shared
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Metazoa
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Animal
Kingdom Animalia Subkingdom Metazoa, Parazoa (sponges) All exist on tissue level most are at the organ level |
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Tissue
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Group of cells arranged together that have related functions
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Organ
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Group of tissues arranged together that have a similar function
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Organ System
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Group of organs that works together to accomplish a common goal
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Multicellularity
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Cells become differentiated
Allow for greater body size Allows for greater complexity |
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Parazoa
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"around animals"
Animals but not good animals Sponges exist at a cellular level of organization |
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Fertilization
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When sperm and ovum meet
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Spermatazoan
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Testes
where spermatazoan are made` |
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Ovum
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Cell that is released from ovary
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Egg
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If ovum is released to develop outside the body or something is added to it
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Zygote
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Fertilized ovum
As cells cells divide they get smaller |
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Blastula
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Embryo forms a hollow ball where other cells form around the hallow embryo
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Blastocoel
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Space inside blastula (surrounding Archenteron
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Gastrula
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Depression forms outside blastula
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Gastrocoel
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Cavity forming inside the tube
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Gastrulation
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Formation of a digestive system
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Archenteron
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early digestive system
The layer of cells forming the tube separates the blastocoel and gastrocoel |
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Invagination
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Hallow structure in the embryo that develops inside a previously existing hallow structure
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Blastopore
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Opening to the outside from the gastrocoel
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germ layers
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distinct layers of cells forming early in embryonic development
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Blastopore
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Opening to the outside from the gastrocoel
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Germ
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something early and crucial to development
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Dipoblasty
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Only contains two germ layers
Only two phyla: Cnidaria and Ctenophera |
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germ layers
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distinct layers of cells forming early in embryonic development
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Tripoblasty
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Form three germ layers
All protozoans except two dipoblastic Has:Mesoderm, Endoderm, Ectoderm |
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Germ
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something early and crucial to development
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Dipoblasty
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Only contains two germ layers
Only two phyla: Cnidaria and Ctenophera |
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Blastopore
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Opening to the outside from the gastrocoel
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Tripoblasty
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Form three germ layers
All protozoans except two dipoblastic Has:Mesoderm, Endoderm, Ectoderm |
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germ layers
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distinct layers of cells forming early in embryonic development
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Germ
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something early and crucial to development
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Dipoblasty
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Only contains two germ layers
Only two phyla: Cnidaria and Ctenophera |
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Tripoblasty
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Form three germ layers
All protozoans except two dipoblastic Has:Mesoderm, Endoderm, Ectoderm |
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Mesoderm
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gives rise to everything besides digestive system and epidermis/nervous system
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Endoderm
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Gives rise to lining of digestive system
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Ectoderm
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gives rise to epidermis and nervous system
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Disadvantage of multicellularity
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Necessitates a mechanism to indirectly link internal cells with the environment
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Radiate Phyla
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Cnidaria, Ctenophera
Has only one body cavity Does not have many organs Has nerve net |
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Nerve net
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Nervous system consists of individual neurons that make contact with the environment and relay to one another
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Coelom
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Non-digestive body cavity
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Psuedocoelomates
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Have psuedocoelom with mesoderm on one side and endoderm on the other
Derived from blastocoel |
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Eucoelomates
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Have eucoelom that is completely surrounded by mesoderm
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Proctodaeum (Proterostome)
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Invagination that forms the anus.
Archenteron grows down and connects with the outside to form a pathway |
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Proctodaeum (deuterostome)
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Blastopore closes and another invagination forms and bonds to the archenteron
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Stomodaeum
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Forms at the anterior end and connects the archenteron to form mouth
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Determinate cleavage
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early cell division in embryo
Cell fate is deternined early If split at 4 cell each would make 1/4 of organism |
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Indeterminate cleavage
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Cell fate is determined later. At 4 cell each would make their own organism
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Spiral cleavage
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The layers of cells do not line up with one another
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Radial Cleavage
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Layers of cells do line up with one another
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Schizocoely
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Mesoderm fills blastophyl and then a space opens up for a coelom
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Enterocoelic pouching
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the archenteron buldges then breaks off to form pouches that form the coelom
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Acoelomates
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Do not have a coelom
Phylum platyhelminthes |
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Examples of Proterostomes
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p. Mollusca, p. Annelida (earthworm), p. Arthropoda
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Examples of Deuterostomes
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p. Echinodermata (starfish), p. Chrodata
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parenchyma
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solid tissue that surrounds organs in Acoelomates
Metabolically active and can be compared to human liver |
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benthic
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lives on the ocean floor and either swims or crawls
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Benthos
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bottom of a body of water
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Planktonic
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Animal that lives up in the water
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Biologist in general accept the fact that first animals arose from_______
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protozoans
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IN humans there are three types of motile organelles:____,____,___
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Cilia
Flagella Psuedopodia |
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Some biologist conclude that first animals arose from _____ protozoans
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Cilliated
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Most biologist conclude that animals arose from ____ protozoan
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flagellated
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