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mammals

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amniotes that have hair and produce milk

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characters of mammals

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-mammary glands-produce milk
-hair
-a larger brain than other vertebrates of equivalent size
-differentiated teeth

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early evolution of mammals

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from synapsids, two jaw bones were incorporated into inner ear

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synapsids

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what mammals derived from, tetrapod vertebrates

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monotremes

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a small group of egg laying mammals consisting of echidnas and platypus

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marsupials

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animals that continue development in mothers sac, kangaroo, opossum, koala

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marsupium

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the pouch of a marsupial

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placenta

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temporary organ that forms to create womb

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convergent evolution in marsupials

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marsupials in australia resemble eutherians in rest of the world due o convergent evolution

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eutherians

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a group of mammals with a placenta and reach an advanced state before birth

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primates

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lemurs, monkeys, apes, tarsiers

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derived characters of primates

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-hand and feet adapted for grasping
-large brain, short jaw
-forward looking eyes for depth perception
-social behavior and parental care
-opposable thumb

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opposable thumb

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thumb placed opposite of the fingers used for grasping

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living primates

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-lemurs, lorises, pottos
-tarsiers
-anthropoids

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anthropoids

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monkeys and apes

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new and old world monkeys

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apes

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derived from old-world monkeys

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biodiversity

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-variety of life
-variability among living organisms from all sources(inter-species, intra-species, and ecosystems)

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species diversity

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the variety of species in an ecosystem or throughout biosphere

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genetic diversity

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genetic variation within a population and between population

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ecological diversity

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species richness/abundance within species, calculated through Shannons index

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endangered species

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in danger of extinction throughout all or much of its range

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threatened species

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likely to become endangered in foreseeable future

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species concepts and their strenghts/weaknesses

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BCEEMPR

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biological species
group that can only mate/reproduce with each other -popular yet irrelevant to asexual species
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cohesion species
shared cohesive characteristics, like biological but includes asexual -cohesion is hard to recognize
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ecological species
group that occupies distinct adaptive zone -hard to determine zones, assumes species cannot share same niche
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evolutionary species
lineage of ancestor descendant populations -vague and difficult to observe
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morphological species
-group based on morphological features -may not actually reflect links due to convergent evolution
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phylogenetic species
smallest group of diagnostically different from parental descent -will give rise to too many species than other concepts
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recognition species
group of species that can recognize each other for breeding/fertilizing -determining if a feature is used to recognize potential mates is difficult/impossible in many species
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taxonomic richness
number of different taxa present in each site
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shannon's diversity index
H=-{a(ln*a) + b(ln*b)....}
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how is genetic diversity measured
most precisely as nucleotide variation
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variation in genome sizes
how genetic diversity is measured
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variation in chromosome numbers
shorter chromosomes have more diversity, actual number of chromosomes does not affect that
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importance of species number as measure of biodiversity
the most common measure of biodiversity -practical application -existing information -surrogacy -wide application
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fossil record (strengths and limitations)
-not perfect or even depending on time periods -only small fraction of the record has been recovered -biased towards most abundant species (soft-bodied organisms don't fossilize)
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molecular biology and its utility in documenting biodiversity
-allows us to build phylogenetic trees of relatedness -paired organisms with very different sequences diverged early than more closely related ones
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molecular clocks
genetic changes used to determine when species diverged
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geological record
a timescale that partitions earths history into eras
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major events in development of biodiversity
-prokaryotes evolving -photosynthesis and oxygen revolution
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impact of microbes on earth's conditions
microbes recycle and create primary elements used for living systems (oxygen, carbon, nitrogen)
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evolution of eukaryotes and multicellularity
1.5 billion years ago were first ancestors of multicellular eukaryotes
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Cambrian explosion and significance to biodiversity
rapid burst of evolution due to increased oxygen levels and shallow ocean waters
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evolution of metazoan Hox genes
hox genes introduced to animals allowed for morphological diversity
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temporal dynamics in numbers of families of organisms
number of families increased with time
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patterns in the dynamics of evolution and extinction of families of organisms
high spikes of extinction
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mass extinction and proposed causes for past mass extinctions
abrupt change in climate conditions
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estimates of current numbers of species
from 3mil to 100 mil or more
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geographic patterns of biodiversity
-not distributed evenly across planet -applies to terrestrial and aquatic env -can identify large-scale trend but is significant spacial variation along latitudinal gradients
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species-area relationships
with all outside factors being equal, a larger geographical area will have more species
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explanations of species-area relationships
colonization/extinction dynamics -speciation/extinction dynamics -habitat diversity
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island biogeography and colonization/extinction dynamics
-larger geographical areas so immigration is less important for a source of new species -more area/larger ranges/isolation = greater chance of new species evolving -population sizes likely larger=reducing extinction probability
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local and regional richness relationships
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biological realms
a continuous uninterrupted geographical region - rain forest, tropical seas, global coastal zone etc.
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contrasts in diversity between oceans and terrestrial realms
-life began in sea -continental are more heterogenous than marine -ocean-bed is less elaborate than terrestrial -herbivory differ between sea and land -differences in body size distribution of marine and terrestrial
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biomes
based on temperature and rainfall, similar biomes can be seen in different realms
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hotspot of biodiversity
skewed by countries, some have most species, other have limited biodiversity
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endemism
a taxon found in an area and nowhere else
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factors increasing levels of endemism
area, latitude, species richness
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gradients in biodiversity
latitude, altitude and depth
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latitudinal patterns
species richness generally declines along equatorial-polar gradient, is greater in tropics
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features of latitudinal gradients
-persistent feature of much of the history of life on earth -peak of diversity has inflection point north 20-30 degrees -often asymmetrical about the equator -steepness of gradient varies with taxon
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proposed mechanisms for latitudinal gradients
-area effects -energy availability -time
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patterns of biodiversity with respect to altitude and depth

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