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Influence of enivronmental factors and ecological interactions on the genetics of populations

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Ecological genetics

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Occurrence of 2 or mroe discrete types/forms in a pouplations

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genetic polymorphism

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When the heterozygotes for the alleles under consideration have a higher adaptive value than the homozygote. Genotypes are cyclical.

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Balancing polymorphism

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Genotypes are progressively replaced by another

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Transient polymorphism

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5 steps of failed conservation

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habitat loss, smaller population size, reduced genetic diversity, reduced ability to adapt, extinction

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True or false: genetic drift can maintain polymoprhism

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False

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What happens when only genetic drift is operating in a population

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alleles will either drift to extinction or fixation

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Heterozygote is more fit than either homozygote

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Heterosis

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Rare alleles give individuals high fitness

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Negative frequency dependent selection

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Frequency dependent selection example

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right-handed vs left-handed scale eating fish

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Different alleles favored in different environments

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Variable selection

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In terms of winged polymorphic insects, what advantages did wingless individuals have?

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faster development, increased fecundity, increased longevity

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What kind of pathogen is wolbachia

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Intra-celular bacterial symbiont

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What is wolbachia closely related to?

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rickettsia

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Where does wolbacchia specifically occur in insect bodies?

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Cells of reproductive structures

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% of wolbacchia occurrence in insect species

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25-70%

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Most species have either very low or very high infection rates

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bimodal infection frequency

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How is wolbacchia transmitted?

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Cytoplasmically inherited by maternal eggs to offspring

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True or false: wolbacchia is able to be horizontally transmitted

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true

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5 effects of wolbacchia on insect hosts

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cytoplasmic incompatibility, parthenogenesis induction, feminization of males, early male-killing, late male-killing

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a form of asexual reproduction in which growth and development of embryos occur without fertilization.

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parthenogenesis

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2 types of cytoplasmic incompatibility

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unidirectional, bidirectional

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Uninfected female x infected male = no viable offspring

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unidirectional

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female infected with strain A x male infected with strain B = no viable offspring

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bidirectional

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Wolbacchia modifying sperm such that uninfected eggs do not recognize it but infected eggs do
Cytoplasmic incompatibility
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Why is cytoplasmic incompatibility beneficial for wolbacchia
infected females produce infected daughters at faster rate than uninfected females produce uninfected daughters
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True or false: wolbacchia can promote speciation
True
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Biological control of wolbacchia
Introduce novel strain of wolbacchia in naive host, then flood target population with infected males
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Requires a long period from uptake to replication in salivary glands
dengue fever
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One way wolbacchia helps its hosts
enhance host resistance to other pathogens
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3 requirements of social insects
overlapping generations, cooperative brood care, reproductive division of labor
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parents and offspring alive at same time
overlapping generations
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offspring helping their parents care for brothers and sisters
cooperative brood care
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caste of non-reproductive members of society
reproductive division of labor
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Which type of insect has kings and queens
termites
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True or false: castes always have strong morphological differences
False
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More than one mated pair living together, but no cooperative brood care and no overlap of generation
aggregation
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extended brood care; interaction ends prior to reproductive stage of offspring, no non-reprouctive caste
subsocial
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How many species of eusocial insects
20,000
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Rank in order of eusocial emergence: ants, wasps, termites, bees
bees, wasps, ants, termites
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2 traits important to evolution of sociality
living in discrete nest, close genetic relatedness
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4 reasons why living in discrete nests are important
defense from others, defense from elements, room for brood care, remodel potential
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Mode of natural selection that acts on inclusive fitness
kin selection
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In haplodiploid system, how are eggs produced
meiosis
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In haplodiploid system, how are sperm produced
mitosis
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How many n's does a daughter have
2
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How many n's does a son have
1
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Relatedness of you to a full sister
3/4
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Relatedness of you to a full brother
1/4
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Relatedness of you to a half sister
1/4
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Relatedness of you to a full nephew
3/8
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Relatedness of you to a full niece
3/8
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Relatedness of you to a son
1/2
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Relatedness of you to a daughter
1/2
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Hamilton's rule
rb * b > rc * c
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In hamilton's rule, what does b stand for
fitness gain to beneficiary of cooperative of behavior
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In hamilton's rule, what does rb stand for
relatedness to beneficiary
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In hamilton's rule, what does c stand for
fitness cost of cooperative behavior
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In hamilton's rule, what does rc stand for
relatedness to the individual that experiences the cost
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What happens when b = c in eusocial system
Full sisters are more beneficial than your own offspring
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2 conditions to allow Hamilton's rule
queen singly mated, sisters help other sisters but not brothers
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When is cooperative behavior more likely
b>c
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What does multiple mating by queens or multiple queens do to a colony
sister relatedness decreases
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The common good among relative
Life insurance, fortress defense
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Selfish interests of individuals
larvae becoming queens
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How do workers become queen
challenge old queen is she is weak
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how do workers stop upstart queens
decapitation
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When there is one singly mated queen, how much more do workers prefer investment in females over males
3x
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What does a queen prefer in terms of sex ratios
1:1
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How is the production of males controlled by workers
Worker-laid eggs often killed or eaten
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3 ecological advantages of sociality
more effective defense, rapid monopolization of resources, rapid transfer of beneficial symbionts
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What percent of total terrestrial animal biomass do termites and ants make up
33%
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3 types of social communication
volatile pheromones, contact stimulation, sound
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4 functions of social communication
kin recognition, control of workers, communication of resource location, communication of threat
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How do bees communicate where food is
Waggle dance
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what does the waggle dance communicated
distance and direction

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