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WSU Beck lecture 21
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
11/08/2010

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Changes in Ecological niches
Definition
the total sum of a species’ use of abiotic and biotic resources (“the space” occupied by a species in its environment)
Term
Mutation
Definition
creates genetic variation
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Selection
Definition
differential survival and reproduction (not all members of a group survive to reproduce
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What characteristics do all animals share?
Definition

Animals are multicellular, heterotrophic eukaryotes with tissues that develop from embryonic layers

 

 

Characteristics shared by animals:
1.Nutritional Mode
2.Cell structure & Specialization
3.Reproduction & Development

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1.Nutritional Mode
Definition
Animals are heterotrophsthat ingest their food
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2. Cell Structure and Specialization
Definition
Multicellular eukaryotes
Cells lack cell walls
Bodies are held together by structural proteins such as collagen
Nervous tissue and muscle tissue are unique to animals
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3. Reproduction and Development
Definition
A. Most reproduce sexually
B. Diploid stage usually dominates life cycle
Term
Sperm fertilizes an egg, to form the zygote
Zygote undergoes
Definition
cleavage
Term
Cleavage leads to formation of a
Definition
blastula
Term
The blastula undergoes _________, forming a _____ with different layers of embryonic tissues
Definition
gastrulation, gastrula
Term
Gastrulation forms the ______
Definition
archenteron
Term
 archenteron opens to the outside via the _______
Definition
blastopore
Term
The ______ of the archenteron develops into tissue lining the digestive tract
Definition
endoderm
Term
Larva
Definition
sexually immature
morphologically distinct from the adult; it eventually undergoes metamorphosis
Term
Hox genes
Definition
Only found in animals
Highly conserved gene family
Produces wide diversity of animal morphology
Examples:
Sponges
Insects
Term
How do we categorize the great diversity of animals?
Definition
Variation in Body plans
e.g., Molecular control of gastrulation –unchanged for more than 500 million years (shared developmental trait)
Term
grade
Definition
a group whose members share key biological features, not necessarily a clade, or monophyletic group
Term
Types of symmetry
Definition
Asymmetric
Radial
Bilateral
Term
Characteristics of bilaterally symmetrical animals
Definition
A dorsal(top) side and a ventral(bottom) side
A right and left side
Anterior(head) and posterior(tail) ends
Cephalization, the development of a head
Term
tissues
Definition
Collections of specialized cells isolated from other tissues by membranous layers
Term
three germ layers
Definition
Ectoderm
Endoderm
Mesoderm
Term
No true tissue
Definition
sponges
Term
Diploblastic animals
Definition
ectoderm and endoderm
Term
Triploblastic animals
Definition
ectoderm, endoderm & mesoderm
Term
Coelomates
Definition
coelom-true body cavity derived from mesoderm
Term
Pseudocoelomates
Definition
pseudocoelom–derived from mesoderm and endoderm
Term
Acoelomates
Definition
lack a body cavity
Term
Protostome
Definition
Blastopore becomes the mouth
Term
Deuterostome
Definition
Blastopore becomes the anus
Term
Determinate cleavage
Definition
rigid programming of cell developmental fate in early stages of cleavage
Term
Indeterminate cleavage
Definition
cells in the early stages of cleavage retains the capacity to develop into a complete embryo
Term
synapomorphies
Definition
(shared derived characters)
morphological and/or developmental traits
genetic traits
Term
Hypothesis 1:
Definition
Morphological & Developmental Support
Term
Hypothesis 2:
Definition
Molecular Support
Term
Eumetazoa
Definition
clade of animals (eumetazoans) with true tissues
Term
bilaterians
Definition
Most animal phyla belong to the cladeBilateria
Term
Ecdysozoans
Definition
shed their exoskeletons through a process called ecdysis
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lophotrochozoans
Definition
have a feeding structure called a lophophore
Term
trochophore larva
Definition
a distinct developmental stage
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