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envs lecture 6 (first 16 slides) Flashcards

1
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what changed human civilization

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selective breeding/domestication for agriculture

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when did humans harness evolution

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11,000 years ago

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examples of selective breeding

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bred wheat that provided more grain, cows that produced more milk

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what did this selective breeding/domestication do

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allowed ppl to abandon nomadic lifestyle and settle in communities

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quantitative traits

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traits that vary continuously and are therefore affected by anywhere from several to thousands of loci

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example of quantitative traits

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crop yield, milk production, body height

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what are polygenic traits

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quantitative traits; vary continuously, affected by several/thousands of loci [poly genic cuz multiple genes]

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quantitative genetics

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study of how quantitative traits are inherited and how they evolve

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what effects quantitative traits

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both genes and environment interact to affect it

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10
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example of domesticated plant

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modern corn

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where do phenotypic differences in branching pattern between modern corn and its ancestor come from

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small number of genetic changes

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examples of other differences

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size of cob

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13
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where do differences in size of cob come from

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changes at many loci

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example of quantitative trait that varies continuously

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human height

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what is a normal distribution (varies continuously) curve look like

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bell-shaped curve

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genotypic variatoin

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encoded in DNA: only 4 possible nucleotides, A, T, C, G

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is genotypic variation discrete or continuous

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discrete

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is phenotypic variation discrete or continuous

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continuous

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what is another word for phenotypic traits

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quantitative traits

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what kinda distribution for quantitative/phenotypic traits

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normal distribution

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what kinda curve for quantitative traits

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bell shaped curve

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how do traits go from discrete genotype to continuous phenotype

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many traits affected by many genes AND environmental influences on individual within its lifetime

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are quantitative traits affected by many or only a few genes

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many genes

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24
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example of quantitative traits

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height

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how many genes is height influenced by

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thousands

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how else are phenotypic traits influenced

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by the environment over lifetime of individual

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is this environmental influence genetic or non genetic

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non-genetic

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28
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what does this variance in environment do to bell curve

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smooths it out

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29
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can we see genotypes

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no

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30
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is phenotype or genotype directly seen

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phenotype

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31
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what is discrete vs continuous phenotype determined by

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combo of genetic and environmental variation

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what are blue bars

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frequencies of phenotypes in population w/o influence of environmental variance

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green curves

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frequencies of phenotypes for each of genotypes in given population w/ addition of environmental variance

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red curves

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frequencies of phenotypes for entire population

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what does selection act on

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phenotype; at level of individual

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how do phenotypic distributions become w/ more loci

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smoother

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what happens w/ more loci

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phenotypic distributions become normal

38
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what else can smooth out phenotypic distribution

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more environmental variance

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what can occur from evolution of allele frequencies w/o addition of new mutations

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large changes

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important component of evolution of quantitative traits

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large changes in quantitative traits can occur by evolution of allele frequencies w/o addition of new mutations

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what is a key point for this polygenic quantitative trait

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phenotypic distributions for allele frequencies p = 0.25 and p = 0.75 do not even overlap

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what can happen w/ multiple loci

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can move outside initial range

43
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what do horns on head of horned lizard do

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deters predation

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where is the natural variation in lizards

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variation in length of these protective horns on head of lizard

45
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what does survival vary with for lizards

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length of horn

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what does fitness function show

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lizards w/ longer horns survive better

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what do fitness functions show

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describe/quantifies how selection acts on quantitative traits

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3 basic modes of selection on quantitative traits

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directional, stabilizing, disruptive

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what does directional selection do

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favors change in the mean of a trait in one direction (either toward a greater or lesser value)

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what does stabilizing selection do

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favors individuals near the population mean

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what does stabilizing selection reduce

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phenotypic variance in trait –> gives narrower population phenotypic distribution

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what does disruptive do

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favors largest and smallest

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what does disruptive do to variance

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increases variance in the trait

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example of directional silection

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drought led to changes in seed size; larger bills have higher survival ate –> mean beak size shifted and became larger

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example of stabilizing selection

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human birth weight; infants w/ birth weight much smaller and much larger than average have lower probability of survival

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example of disruptive selection

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black bellied seedcracker survival depends on lower mandible length; intermediate birds have lowest survival and become less common –> smallest and largest billed ones have highest fitness

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what does the type of selection acting on an organism depend on

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both phenotypic distribution of organism and phenotypic distribution of food items

58
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when is directional selection at play

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most individuals in a population fall within a region of the plot where the fitness function is increasing/decreasing [bill evolves toward a size that is optimal for feeding on hemlock]

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when is stabilizing selection at play

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if population lies near a peak of the fitness function [tightens the mean around the bill size optimal for feeding on seeds from lodgepole pine cones]

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when is disruptive selection at play

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if population lies at a low point in fitness function [causes bill size to evolve both larger and smaller towards the two diff sized but available food items]

61
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can selection act on more than one phenotypic trait at once

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yeah

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correlational selection

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selection favors combos of traits

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what do evolutionary biologists ask

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how and why mean values of traits evolve (often caused by directional selection); important to quantify the strength of selection

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selection gradient

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measures strength of directional selection on a quantitative trait

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relative fitness

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individual fitness/mean fitness all individualsh

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how do you mesaure selection gradient

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measure trait of interest and fitness for a set of individuals who vary in the trait of interest

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positive beta

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indicates selection favors larger values of the trait

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negative beta

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indicates selection favors smaller values of the trait

69
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beta is zero means

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no directoinal selection

70
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female guppies

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prefer males w/ more orange

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who has higher fitness among male guppies

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males w/ more orange

72
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moderately strong directional selection

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-0.5 and 0.5

73
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very strong directional selection

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1

74
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is directional selection always strong

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sometimes; other times it isn’t

75
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Stronger selection gradient (Beta produces

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larger change in size

76
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Lower, but positive gradient (Beta) produces

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smaller change in mean trait value

77
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negative selection gradient (-0.5 Beta)

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produces a small reduction in size

78
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positive beta selection for

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larger size

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negative beta selection for

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smaller size

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