Examples Flashcards

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Example of Divergent, Directional and stabilising selection

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E.G Spadefoot toads
* 2 morphs 1) omnivore 2) carnivore -> separate feeding niches

Divergent S = mark recapture experiment showed less survival of intermediate morphs

Directional S = Carnivores shown to do better than omnivores

Stabilising S = Intermediate morphs selected for when other species are present and dominant

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Example of heterozygote advantage

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Sickle cell anaemia, heterozygote for gene means you are immune to malaria whereas homozygote Is detrimental

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Frequency dependant selection

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PFDS - Mullerian mimicry
NFDS - Batesian mimicry

NFDS - (Gigord et al 2001) -Negative frequency-dependent selection maintains a dramatic flower color polymorphism in the rewardless orchid ( purple selected for as bees perceive it as “novel” and are attracted to it)

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Example of a steep + shallow CLINE

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Steep CLINE = cryptic + conspicuous morphs of rock pocket mice, reasonable gene flow but high predation selection (wrong morph in wrong area = dead)

Shallow CLINE = Alpha

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Primary Hybrid zone

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Directed reading - ring species Linn et al

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Secondary hybrid zone

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  • Postglacial recolonization in European hedgehogs,
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Example of reinforcement , RCD and magic trait/ direct system

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E.G. Pied flycatchers (+ collared) - normally live in allopatry, when in sympatry males (P) change their plumage to make It different to C’s (female preference for plumage also changes) - the gene that is adaptive is linked to mating preference

EXAMPLE OF

1) Reinforcement
2) Reproductive character displacement
3) Magic trait / direct system

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Example of peripatric speciation + founder effect speciation

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E.G. Paradise Kingfishers (New Guinea)

  • small periphery population split off and colonised islands
  • each different island has own species which are morphologically different
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Example of habitat isolation , hybrid inviability , sexual isolation and cryptic isolation

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E.G. Timema Cristinae ( stick insect)

  • 2 different ecomorphs , specialised to 2 different host plants (demonstrate a level of reproductive isolation)
  • hybrids inviable as camouflage ineffective
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Example of sympatric speciation

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E.G Howea palm

  • thatch + curly palm
  • 1 island , 6 hybrids ever found
  • differing soil preference + phenology
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Example of ecological character displacement

Inter species

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E.G. Brook + ninespine stickleback

- when ninespines present, brooks show evidence of benthic living (stronger jaws + wider bodies)

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Sexual selection vs Natural selection

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E.G. Marine Iguanas of Galapagos

  • male size is sexually selected for
  • increase in size shown to have negative effect on male fitness (harder to maintain larger body in extreme conditions)
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Examples of sexual selection being affected by : Food resources, predation , parasitism,

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FR: Red crossbills - (10 ecotypes + minimal gene flow) females select based of feeding efficiency + strategies

Predation: Guppys, red spots attrative to females but increase predation

Parasitism: Common Yellow throat , females select for melanin based black marks (which are linked to immunity) , parasites can affect production of these black marks

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Example of mutation accumulation

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E.G. Huntingtons disease - caused by a dominant allele expressed at 30+ years old

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Example of Antagonistic pleiotropy

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E.G. gene that causes overproduction of sex hormones can cause cancer later on

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Example of mullers ratchet

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E.G. Chao et al. RNA virus

  • created 20 lines of RNA virus , fored genetic drift by randomly sampling 1
  • regrew a culture from that 1
  • repeated for 20 generations
  • fitness (growth rate) declined over generations
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Example of Red-queen dynamics

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E.g. Morra et al (2011)

  • co evolved nematode with bacterial pathogen
  • resulted in higher rate of outcrossing
  • when population was made asexual = extinction
  • sexual populations were able to respond to parasitism pressures
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Costly sexual traits

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1) Red deer antlers
2) Guppies bright tails + red spots
3) Macaw has large tails - aerodynamic costs

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Example of more than 2 mating systems

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Ciliates - no sexual selection

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Example/evidence for sensory bias theory

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Crested auklets

  • put ornament on least auklet
  • auklet showed significantly more courtship displays
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Examples of female choosiness for : fecund males, parenting ability and resources

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1) Lemon tetra fish , females select for male who have not recently spawned (pipefish is opposite way round)
2) Mottled sculpin
3) Female scorpion flys swap copulations for gifts (prey)

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Example of fisherian run-away selection

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e. g. Stalk eyed fly
- range of genetic dimorphism based on width of eyes
- experiment artificially selected flys from different lineages
- females from long stalk lineage always choose long eye stalk fly’s

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Example of chase away selection

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E.g. Drosophila , toxic male semen

  • toxins in male semen reduce females lifespan
  • females evolve resistance
  • males evolve increasingly toxic semen ( kills other sperm + increases females egg laying rate)
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Good genes model

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Example of two-level selection + genome conflict
E.g. Y chromosome genes - for y chromosome female s= useless - y chromosome favours adaptations that bias sex allocation - Autosomal + X chromosomes have their own optima, selected to oppose any hypothetical Y adaption for sex bias
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Example of two-level selection + genome conflict
Mitochondria and host conflict E.g. Yeast cells (petite) mutations - defective mitochondria shorter so replicates faster -selected for at mitochondrial level - mutation has negative effects on yeast cell (impairs cellular growth) clear genome conflict
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Segregation distortion
Drosophila male SR gene | - however males with SR bred half as much
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Example of antagonism herbivory behaviour + coevolution
1) Passiflora (passion flower) , vines have cytotoxins in them 2) Heliconius caterpillars , can detoxify and disable them for use against predators
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Example of altruism
Beldings ground squirrels, call to alert for predators, singles them out
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Examples of eusociality
naked mole rats