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Morphology, Classification, and Phylogenetics
Biology of Fishes 9.11.2012
Review
Basic Fish Morphology
Classification
Phylogenetics
Overview
Adaptations to diverse environments
Symbiotic Relationships
Life History & Reproductive Strategies
Diadromy (anadromous, catadromous)
Sequential hermaphroditism (protandry, protogyny)
Ecology & Conservation
Invasive species
Habitat loss
Overfishing
Review
Northern Snakehead (CHANNIDAE)
Basic Fish Morphology
Basic Fish Morphology
Great White Shark
Basic Fish Morphology
Lungfishes
Basic Fish Morphology
Muskellunge
American Eel
Why do we do it?
Simplification – reduce complexity of ~28,000 species
Communication – stable, shared information system
Prediction – infer qualities about unexamined species
Taxonomy & Systematics
Phenetics & Phylogenetics
Classification
Taxonomy: deals with describing biodiversity, including naming undescribed species
Systematics: focuses on relationships among species or higher taxa
Phenetics (Linnaean system)
Phylogenetics
Classification
Taxonomy & Systematics
Cow, lungfish, salmon
Phenetics (Linnaean system, traditional)
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
Based on similarity of characters (advanced, primitive, or lacking). “look similar = share similar evolutionary history”
Cow Lungfish, Salmon
Classification
Phenetics (Linnaean system, traditional)
Kingdom - Animalia
Phylum - Chordata
Class - Actinopterygii
Order - Perciformes
Family - Percidae
Genus - Perca
Species - flavescens
Classification
Yellow Perch
Taxonomy
Phylogenetic systematics (cladistics) - alternative classification, widely accepted
Cow, Lungfish (Sarcopterygii) Salmon (Actinopterygii)
Apomorphies, synapomorphies, plesiomorphies
Monophyly, paraphyly, polyphyly
Parsimony
Classification
Study of evolutionary relationships among groups of organisms. A phylogeny is a history of taxonomic groups.
Phylogenetics
A phylogeny is a history of taxonomic groups
Phylogenetics
Phylogenetic systematics (Cladistics)
Requires identification of characters as either apomorphies or plesiomorphies
Apomorphies: derived (or “advanced”) characters that arise from speciation events
Plesiomorphies: ancestral, less derived (“primitive”) characters
Synapomorphies: shared derived characters or shared specializations
Symplesiomorphies: shared ancestral characters
Phylogenetics
Phylogenetics
A: Ray-finned (Actinopterygii) B & C: Lobe-finned (Sarcopterygii)
Phylogenetic systematics (Cladistics)
Goal is to find synapomorphies to identify monophyletic groups or clades
A clade includes a common ancestor and all of its descendants (monophyletic)
Phylogenetics
Cladogram – branching diagram of genealogical relationships
Phylogenetics
Monophyletic: Reptiles & Birds (includes common ancestor and all descendants) Paraphyletic: Reptiles (includes most recent common ancestor but NOT all descendants) Polyphyletic: Warm-blooded Animals (does NOT include most recent common ancestor of its descendants)
Phylogenetics
Construct a cladogram that includes the following groups:
Holostei (Gars & Bowfins)
Chondrostei (Sturgeons & Paddlefishes)
Dipnoi (Lungfishes, tetrapods)
Teleosts (“modern” bony fishes)
Cladistia (Bichirs)
Actinistia (Coelacanths)
Phylogenetics Assignment
A B C D E F
SARCOPTERYGII
ACTINOPTERYGII
Phylogenetics Assignment
Construct a cladogram that includes the following groups:
Label Groups on Cladogram/Tree
List sources; at least 2 (website, text, journal article)
Turn in Thursday at beginning of lecture
Phylogenetics Assignment
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