a3.1 Flashcards
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Variation can be
genetic or environmental
- visual
- behvaioural
- biochemistrty
where does variation occur
- between individuals within a species (no two individuals are ever identical)
- between members of different species, to identify how closely related they are
discontinuous variation
- characteristics that fall into characteristics “black flur” “blood a”
continous variation
mesureable “hights” “weights”
species
- a group of individuals with shared traits
taxomy
organising species based on logical groups
father of taxomy
carl linnaeus
morphological concept
- based on physical traits
- outwards form and inner strucuture
- linneaus based classfication on species on their observae traits eg
- mice across europe who have similar traits but dont have seggs
binomial naming sytem
- system of nomenclature
- universal system of naming
- first word : GENUS
- second word: species
features of naming system
- first word the Genus must be with CAPITAL LETTER
- second word must be lower letter
- use italics
biological species concept
- a different method of grouping species
- this relies on interbreeding and that interbreeding generation after generation maintains characteristics and prevents diverging
biological species concept
a species is a group of organisms that can sucessfully breed and produce fertile offspring
downsides of biological species concept
- fertile hybrids, when two different species produce a fertile off sprint however its usually sterile
- asexual reproduction
- extinct species cannot be tested for reporduction
characteristics used to help determine species
- morphology
- dna comparison
- biochemistry
- ecology (where they live)
- evulutionary lineage
speciation
- when species give rise to two new species
when does speciation occur
- when populations aare isolated
- they cannot breed and flow their genes
- natural selection may act causing species to evolve
- they can then no longer breed
difficulties with speciation
- wether species in different populations are different species
- the ability to reproduce is a gradual priocess
- the rate of changes can be slow to rapid
speciation word
the descion when to sperate a species to two populations is arbitary - random or on a whim
chromosone numbers
- diplod are adult cells with 2N
- haploid are gammates with n and fuse in fertilization to form a gamate
- all cell have the same set of dna in an organism the 2n but each genes are different expressed
human chromosone numbers
- diploid 46
- haploid 23
chimpanzee chromosones
- 48 diploid
- 24 haploid
gene
a section of dna that codes for a polypeptide
metacentric cromosomes
the centromere is in the middle
acrocentric chromosomes
centromere not in the middle