Lab Exam 1 Flashcards
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Hardy Weinberg equilibrium rules
No natural selection
No mutation
Large population
No gene flow
Random mating
Monopyhletic
A single cut branch that has all members from a single common ancestor
Principle of parsimony
Tree that has the fewest assumptions
Has the least trait changes (mutation / adaption)
Paraphyletic
Doesn’t include all descendants from a clade
Polyphyletic
Takes an entire clade and includes some other organisms from another branch
What domain has peptidoglycan cell walls
Bacteria
What domain(s) are prokaryotes
Archaea and bacteria
What domain has protists, animals, plants, and fungi
Eukarya
Plesiomorphies
Ancestral
Apomorphies
Derived
Synapomorphy
A shared derived trait inherited from a common ancestor
What has unique ribosomal RNA sequences
Bacteria
Horizontal gene transfer
Movement of genetic material between organisms that is not from parent to offspring
What does horizontal gene transfer enable bacteria to do
Bacterial adaptions that quickly adapt to environmental changes
Cocci
Bacteria that is sperhical shaped
Bacillus
Bacteria that are rod shaped
Spirilla
Spiral shaped bacteria
Which generation is diploid
Sporophyte
Which generation is haploid
Gametophyte
What process produces spores
Meiosis
What process produces gametophyte
Mitosis
What generation is dominant in mosses, hornworts, and liverworts
Gametophyte dominant
Nonvascular plants?
Mosses, liverworts, hornworts
What differentiates nonvascular plants and vascular plants
A xylem and a phloem