Midterm 1 Flashcards
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why study vertebrate comparative anatomy?
- provides context for human anatomy
- fundamental basis for vet med
- improves taxonomic classifications and adaptations
- can reveal limits of anatomical modification
what are the 3 key ideas in comparative biology?
- monophyly
- adaptation
- homology
describe monophyly
taxonomic groups are defined by common ancestry
define adaptation
structure that evolved to serve its current function - “fit between form and function”
describe homology
structures in different taxa may be derived from a single ancestral structure
describe the 5 parts of a cladogram
- terminal taxon: real taxonomy that can be observes
- branches:
- sister taxa
- nodes: hypothetical ancestors that can be used to find monophyletic groups
- root: connects taxa in cladograms to other living things
describe monophyletic
clade that includes common ancestor and all its descendants
- above genus level they have no associated ranks
- every node defines a monophyletic group
describe paraphyletic
group that includes a common ancestor and some of the descendants
describe polyphyletic
group that includes only some descendants, no common ancestor
- combines taxa that are not closely related at all
ex: Haematothermia (group with only birds and mammals)
describe synapomorphy
a newly evolved feature shared by a taxonomic group that provides evidence of common ancestry
ex: four limbs is a synapomorphy of tetrapods
describe autapomorphy
derived feature seen in only 1 species
describe symplesiomorphy
ancestral feature shared by some members of a taxonomic group
describe exaptation
structure that evolved for one function and was alter modified to serve another
ex: tusk of an elephant is an enlarged incisor tooth that has been exapted for digging or fighting
explain owen’s homologous archetype
- he considered homolgous body parts to be the one equivalent in different organisms
- never accepted evolution and therefore believed in the “archetype” body plan as an explanation for homology
- the body plan: fish-like with limbs or paired fins, four segments fused to form the skull and pairs of lateral spines across the body
describe homologous structures
structures that have a common evolutionary origin despite looking different/similar
ex: tiny bones in the mammalian middle ear and jaw joint bones in reptiles
tetrapod forelimbs
describe analogous structures
structures that have evolved independently but are similar in looks and function
ex: bird, insect, and bat wings
explain how to recognize homology (colin patterson)
- test of similarity: shape, composition, and development
2: test of conjunction: if both structures occur together in the same organism, they are not homologous
3: test of congruence: more likely homologous if they share many other homologous features
describe serial homology
repeated structures in one organism
ex: hindlimbs and forelimbs, teeth, ribs
describe metamerism
repetition of homologous body segments
what is the process of embryo development?
- zygote undergoes cleavage
- further division of cell leads to morula
- blastula becomes hollow for fluid filled cavity
- gastrulation leads to gastrula
- neurulation leads to neurula
what is the difference between the cleavage stage of a protostome and deuterostome?
protostome:
- spiral: planes between cells are not aligned
- determinate: cells fate are established
deuterostome:
- radial: plane between cells are aligned
- indeterminate: cells fate is established later
what is the difference between the coelom of a protostome and deuterostome?
protostome: schizocoelous (masses of mesoderm split to form coelom)
deuterostome: enterocoelous (folds of archenteron form coelom)
what is the difference between the blastopore stage of protostome and deuterostome?
protostome: mouth forms first (from blastopore)
deuterostome: anus forms first
what is an amphioxus?
- lancelet
- chordate, not a vertebrate
- falls under cephalochordata
- small marine suspension feeder