what is evolution?
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What is Evolution?. A change in the genetic make-up of a population over time. How Does Evolution Occur?. There were two hypotheses. Evolution by acquired traits by Jean Baptiste de Lamarck. Do we acquire traits?. Climbing. Eating. Show affection. Defend yourself. Act nutty. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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What is Evolution?
A change in the genetic make-up of a population over time.
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How Does Evolution Occur?
There were two hypotheses
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Evolution by acquired traitsby Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
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Do we acquire traits?
ClimbingEating
Show affection
Act nutty
Defend yourself
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These traits are not genetic so evolution does not occur
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How Does Evolution Occur?
• NATURAL SELECTION !!! (major mechanism of evolution)– Darwin’s hypothesis (now a theory):
• Survival of the fittest…..how is fitness measured?– By reproductive success
• Inheritable variations occur in individuals in a population. Due to competition for limited resources, individuals with more favorable variations or phenotypes are more likely to survive & produce more offspring, thus passing traits to future generations.
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Darwin’s View of History
• Like a Tree with multiple branches.– Common trunk– Tips of twigs =
diversity of organisms living in the present.
– Forks = most recent common ancestor
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Natural Selection Summary• A process in which individuals that have certain
heritable traits survive & reproduce at a higher rate than others because of those traits.
• Over time, natural selection can increase the match between organisms & their environment.
• If an environment changes, or if individuals move to a new environment, natural selection may result in adaptation to these new conditions, sometimes giving rise to new species.
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Natural Selection acts on phenotypic variations in populations
• Environments change and act as selective mechanism on populations.
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• Phenotypic variations are not directed by the environment but occur through random changes in the DNA and through new gene combinations.
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Some phenotypic variations significantly increase or decrease fitness of the
organism and the population.
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Explain 2 examples of Evolution in response to
environmental change; 1 must be antibiotic resistance in
bacteria
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Examples of Natural Selection
• Antibiotic resistance in bacteria– Develops in several steps:
• Person is sick from a bacterial infection• Takes antibiotics• Gets better• One bacteria is not killed by the antibiotics, due to
genetic modification & reproduces• Person gets sick again & goes to the doctor again• Same antibiotic is prescribed but there’s no effect• Doctor prescribes a different antibiotic which hopefully
works.• If bacterium continues to change it could become
resistant to more antibiotics
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Examples of Natural Selection
• Pesticide resistance in rats– Apply pesticide…most rats killed– Due to natural variations, a few rats are not
affected by the poison.– They reproduce passing on the trait to some if
not all of their offspring– Seeing the rats, you apply the pesticide again
with worse results.– A new pesticide must be used.
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Artificial SelectionDarwin used these examples to help him derive another piece of his theory.
Humans impact the gene variation.
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What Evidence is there that Evolution by Natural Selection occurs?
• Direct observations– Peppered moths– Drug resistant bacteria
• Analysis of similarities among different organisms.– Homologous structures– Vestigial structures
• Fossil Record– Documents the pattern of evolution– Shed light on origin of new groups of organisms
• Biogeography– Geographical distribution of species
• Continental drift (slow movement of the continents over time)– Help make predictions of where fossils of groups of organisms can be found
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Direct observations
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Analysis of similarities among different organisms
Homologous structures: represent variations on a structural theme that was present in their common ancestor.
Vestigial structures: remnants of features that served important functions in the organism’s ancestors.
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Convergent Evolution: independent evolution of similar features in different lineages.
Species that share features because of convergent evolution are said to be analogous. Analogous features share similar function but not common ancestry.
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Fossil Record
Allow us to take a look at how new groups came about & when characteristics showed up.
EX: Cetaceans are closely related to even-toed ungulates.
Fossils can be dated, this helps us provide evidence of evolution by dating rocks where fossils are found, it helps indicate the relationships within phylogenetic trees, as well as chemical properties &/or geographical data.
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BiogeographyWe can use our understanding of evolution and continental drift to predict where fossils of different groups of organisms might be found.
EX: Horses
Fossil dating indicates horses originated in North America 5 million years ago.
Since North & South America were not yet connected it was predicted that the oldest horse fossils would be located in North America.
So far the prediction has been upheld
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The environment does not direct the changes in DNA,
but acts upon phenotypes that occur through random
changes in DNA
These changes can involve alterations in DNA sequences, changes in gene
combinations, and/or the formation of new gene combinations.
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Environments are always changing
• No “perfect” genome (entirety of an organism's hereditary information). • Diverse gene pool = long term survival in a changing
environment.• Mutations contribute to diversity
– Some are silent– Some result in phenotypic difference
• Interaction of the environment & phenotype determines fitness.
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What does “survival of the fittest” mean?
The species that are most adapted in their environment by reproducing
more successfully will survive.
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Change in the nucleotide sequence (are rare; change from gen. to gen. is very small.
In multicellular organisms, only mutations occurring in gametes will be passed on to offspring
Most occur in somatic cells. Some are “silent” changes
Mutation
Point mutation
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Genes duplicating• Due to errors in meiosis• During DNA replication• Activities of transposable elements (wandering DNA segments)
• Large chromosome segment duplications are usually harmful
• Smaller pieces of DNA may not be.– Gene duplications that don’t have severe effects can
persist & accumulate = potential new genes with new functions.
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Example of Beneficial Increases in Gene Numbers
A remote ancestor had a single gene for detecting odors & have duplicated over time. Today we have about 1,000 olfactory receptor genes.
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Evolving Populations
What is a population?
A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area & interbreed, producing fertile offspring.
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What is a gene pool?
• The total number of genes of every individual in an interbreeding population.
We can characterize a population’s genetic make-up by describing its gene pool.
The size of the gene pool affects the rate of mutation
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Why is it vital to have diversity in the gene pool?
• Environmental conditions change– What kills one would kill them all.
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Clearing Potential Misunderstandings
• Natural selection acts on ___________– Ex: pepper moths
• _____________not individuals evolve.
• Organisms that are _______________ fit will pass on their _________.
PHENOTYPE
POPULATIONS
REPRODUCTIVELYGENES
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G.H. Hardy & W. Weinberg (1908)
• Both men independently suggested a scheme whereby evolution could be viewed as changes in the frequency of alleles in a population of organisms.
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Calculating changes in allele frequency
• Hardy-Weinberg– For populations to be at equilibrium (remain
constant) the following conditions must be met.
• Population must be large• Absence of migration• No net mutations• Random mating• Absence of selection
– These conditions are seldom if ever met.
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Of what value is this?
Provides a yardstick by which changes in allele frequency, &
therefore evolution, can be measured.
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The Hardy-Weinberg Equation
Tests whether a population is evolving.
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The Hardy-Weinberg Principle• The equation determines what the genetic make-up of a
population would be if it were not evolving at that locus.
• Those results are compared to data from an actual population
• If there are no differences, it can be concluded that the “real” population is not evolving
• It is also used in medical applications:– Est. the % of a population that carries the allele for an inherited
disease.
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p + q = 1
•Knowing the frequency of the phenotype, you can calculate the frequency of the genotypes and alleles in the population.•Because there are only two alleles, the sum of p and q must always equal 1.
= frequency of the dominant allele
=frequency of the recessive allele
This equation finds the allele frequency
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The Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium can be written as an equation
p2+ 2pq + q2 = 1
% of Individuals homozygous for allele
BB written as a decimal% of Individuals
heterozygous for alleles Bb written as a decimal
% of Individuals homozygous for allele bb written as a decimal
By convention
The more common allele (B) is designated p
The less common allele (b) is designated q
This equation lets us calculate genotypic/phenotypic frequencies in a very simple way.
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Let’s say we have a population of 546 frogs. 142 of these frogs have dark spots on them. The plain green frogs are completely dominant to the spotted frogs. Determine the genotypic frequencies within this population.
142/546 = .26 which represents q2 or ggIn order to get the homozygous dominant & heterozygous we need to use the p + q = 1 equation.
q2 = .26 take the square root of each side to get q which is .51
p + q = 1 p= 1- q p= 1- .51 p = .49
2pq = 2(.51 x .49) = .50
p2 = .24
So, 26% of the frogs are recessive; 50% are heterozygous; 24% are homozygous dominant.
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To determine the frequency of gametes carrying the dominant allele. Meaning the percent of the population carrying at least one
dominant allele:
You would take half of the 2pq frequency and add it to the p2 frequency.
.25 + .24 = .49
Which means, 49% of the frog population carry at least one dominant allele.
.25 + .26 = .51Which means 51% of the population
carries at least one g allele.
To determine the recessive frequency take half of the 2pq & add to q2
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CALCULATING THE FREQUENCY OF CYSTIC FIBROSISCystic fibrosis is caused by the recessive allele b.
If q2, the frequency of recessive homozygotes, is 0.00048, then q is , or 0.022.√ 0.00048
p + q = 1 , p = 1-qSO
p = 1 – 0.022, OR 0.978
Calculate the frequency for the dominant allele B:
Calculate the frequency of the recessive allele
Determine the frequency of heterozygotes2pq = 2 x 0.978 x 0.022 = 0.043
Meaning: 43 of every 1,000 Caucasian North Americans are predicted to carry the cystic fibrosis allele unexpressed.
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Try to curl your tongue upwards.
How would we determine q2?Divide the total number of non-curler students
by the total number of students.How do you determine q?Calculate the square root
of q2.Since p + q= 1; determine p.Now plug in numbers for 2pq.
What percentage of the class are carriers for the tongue curling trait? (Tongue curling is a dominant trait.)
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Genotypes # of Students # of A’s # of a’sAA
Aa
aa
Total
Genotypes # of Students # of A’s
# of a’s
AA
Aa
aa
Total
Genotypes # of Students # of A’s
# of a’s
AA
Aa
aa
Total
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Case Studies
• Genotype Frequency:
p= TOTAL number of A alleles
TOTAL number of alleles in the population
q= TOTAL number of a alleles
TOTAL number of alleles in the population
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Number of alleles present after several generations
Number of offspring with AA _____X 2= _________ A alleles
Number of offspring with Aa _____X 1= __________A alleles
Total= __________A alleles
p = TOTAL number of A allelesTOTAL number of alleles in the population
(number of students X 2)
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Altering Allele Frequencies in Populations Directly & cause most
Evolutionary Change
• Natural Selection• Genetic drift• Gene Flow
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Bottleneck effect A sudden decrease
in population size to natural forces
More likely to occur in smaller population
Genetic Drift
Founder effect Small group of
individuals establishes a population in a new location
Random fluctuation of alleles due to chance events
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Case Study: Genetic Drift
The land was being converted to farmland and other uses.
Led to significant loss of genetic variation & an increase in the frequency of harmful alleles.
A reduction of genetic variation within a given population can increase the differences between populations of the same species.
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Gene Flow
The transfer of alleles into or out of a population due to the movement of fertile
individuals or their gametes.
If there is gene flow between two populations there is a tendency for the amount of genetic variation between the populations to decrease.
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Natural Selection is the only mechanism that consistently causes adaptive evolution
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In humans, infants with intermediate weight at birth have the highest survival rate
In chicken, eggs of intermediate weight have the highest hatching success
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Increase in the frequency of the
intermediate phenotype
Stabilizing Selection
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In the African seed-cracker finch, large- and small-beaked birds predominate
Intermediate-beaked birds are at a disadvantage Unable to open large
seeds Too clumsy to open
small seedsMore adept at
handling small seeds
Can open tough shells of large seeds
Disruptive Selection
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Drosophila flies that flew toward light were eliminated from the population
The remaining flies were mated and the experiment repeated for 20 generations
Common when environment changes or members of a population migrate out.
Phototropic flies are far less frequent in the population
Directional Selection
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Sexual Selection
Sexual selection is often powerful enough to produce features that are harmful to the individual’s survival.
Sexual selection acts on an organism's ability to obtain (often by any means necessary!) or successfully copulate with a mate.
Australian Peacock Spiders
Sexual dimorphism- a difference in the 2 sexes
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Operations of Sexual Selection
• Intrasexual selection:
• Intersexual selection:
Individuals of one sex compete for mates of the opposite sex. Mostly males compete but there are some species where females compete (ring-tailed lemurs and broad-nosed pipefish)
“mate choice” – individuals of one sex (usually females) are choosy in selecting their mates of opposite sex. Many cases it falls to the male’s showiness or behavior that wins the female.
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Why natural selection cannot fashion perfect organisms
• Limited by species ancestors– Birds ancestors are reptiles & only had 4 legs. Wings were opted
for flight so that left only 2 legs left.
• Adaptations are often compromises– Seals spend a lot of time on rocks so legs would be a better trait
than flippers but then they would not swim as well.
• Chance & natural selection interact– Snakes are carried to different islands on seaweed rafts but the
snakes that are carried are not necessarily the snakes best suited to the environment.
• Selection can edit out only existing variations– New alleles do not arise on demand
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The biological species concept
Emphasizes reproductive isolation
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Belonging to the same biological species
• Means you are reproductively compatible, potentially.
But, it all hinges on…• Reproductive barriers:
– Impede members of two species from producing viable, hybrids.
– One barrier may not impede but a combination of several can isolate a species gene pool.
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Prezygotic & Postzygotic Barriers
• PREZYGOTIC:– Impede mating or hinder the
fertilization.
• POSTZYGOTIC:– If the sperm is able to
overcome the prezygotic barriers then the zygote may be prevented from developing.
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Two main ways by which new species form
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Speciation can take place with or without geographic separation
Geographic isolation -reproductive isolation may occur; preventing interbreeding
Reproductive barrier must be present. -allopolyploidy -reproductive isolation -habitat, food source, or other source not used by parent pop. -temporal or behavioral isolation
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Example of sympatric speciation
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Adaptive Radiation
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Tempo of Speciation
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Phylogeny
The study of the evolutionary past of a species.
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Systematics
• An approach to looking at the diversity & relationships between organisms living & extinct.– Morphology– Biochemical resemblances– Molecular comparisons (ex: DNA)
It’s also good to look at fossils- they reveal ancestral characteristics that may have been lost over time.
If similar with any they are likely to be closely related
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Sorting Analogy from Homology
• How can you tell if the structure is similar because of a common ancestor or due to convergent evolution?
Search for corroborating similarities between the speciesFossil evidenceLook at the complexity of the characters & note points of similarities.
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Molecular comparisons of Nucleic Acids
Species 1 & 2 DNA are identical Begin to diverge
Mutations shift the matching sequences
Homologous regions (in yellow) no longer align
Using a computer program homologous regions now align because appropriate gaps were created.
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Connecting Classification with Evolutionary History
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Binomial nomenclature
• Two part naming system – genus and specific
epithet• Canis lupus or• Canis lupus
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANISMS ARE MORE CLOSELY RELATED & EXPLAIN
WHY.
1. Cyanocitta cristata2. Iris cristata3. Cyanocitta stelleri
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Cyanocitta stelleri
Cyanocitta cristataIris cristata
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Hierarchy of Classification
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Fig. 14.3
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Using & making a dichotomous key
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Key:1. Has light blue colored body… go to 2 Has dark blue colored body… go to 42. Has 4 legs… go to 3 Has 8 legs… Deerus octagis3. Has a tail… Deerus pestis Does not have a tail… Deerus magnus4. Has a pointy hump… Deerus humpis Does not have a pointy hump… go to 55. Has ears… Deerus darkus Does not have ears… Deerus deafus
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Now it’s your turn
Don’t worry, this won’t hurt
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ANIMALS
4 legs 2 legs or less
Has fur Has no fur Has 4 wings Has 2 wings
Has no yellow coloring
Has yellow coloring
Has a long neck
Does not have a long neck
1. a) has 4 legs……………………3 b) has 2 or less legs…………..22. a) has 4 wings……………Dragi purplus b) has 2 wings……….….Flamo pinketti 3. a) has fur……………………….4 b) no fur………………..Frogata hoppus4. a) no yellow coloring……...Ella phantus b) yellow coloring……………..55. a) long neck………………..Girafit neket b) no long neck………....Lionus mainto
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Phylogenetic trees & cladograms are graphical
representations (models) of evolutionary history that can
be tested
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Each branch point represents the divergence of two species from a common ancestor
Phylogenetic Tree
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Cladogram – depicts patterns of shared characteristics
Does not imply evolutionary history.
If characteristics are homologous the cladogram can serve as a basis for a part of the phylogenetic tree.
Outgroup?Ingroup?
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Making cladogramsOrganism Multicellular Vertebra
l columnHair Placenta Total of
yesesSponge Yes No No No 1
Sailfish Yes Yes No No 2
Wombat Yes Yes Yes No 3
Elephant Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
sponge sailfish wombat elephant
multicellular
Vertebral column
hair
placenta
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Constructing a cladogram• Using the following animals, list as many characteristics
which each organism possesses .• Create & fill in a chart with the animals & the
characteristics you have come up with.• Build your cladogram
Rhesus monkey Snapping TurtleKangaroo HumanBull frogTuna
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TunaBull Frog
Snapping Turtle
Kangaroo
Rhesus Monkey Human
Paired legs
Amniotic sac
Mammary glands
Placenta
Short canine teeth
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Using Amino Acid Sequences To Determine Evolutionary
Relationships
Homework answers
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Number of Differences in the Amino Acids Sequences
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One possible answer
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Questions from the WorksheetSpecies X and Y have 25 amino acid differences. Species X and B have 10 amino acid differences in the same protein. Species Y and B have 27 amino acid differences.
a) Which organism (X, Y, or B) diverged from the common ancestor first? ____________ Explain your reasoning. Y
Species Y has the most differences between the other 2 species. With species X it has 25 differences and with species B it has 27 differences. This indicates that it split off from the common ancestor very early.
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Species X and Y have 25 amino acid differences. Species X and B have 10 amino acid differences in the same protein. Species Y and B have 27 amino acid differences.
b) Which pair of organisms--X & Y, X & B, or Y & B--are likely to share more characteristics than the other two pairs. ______________ Again, explain your reasoning. X & B
X and B have the fewest amino acid sequence differences between the 3 species. Having the fewest differences indicates a closer relationship.
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Structural evidence supports the relatedness to all eukaryotes
• Cytoskeleton• Membrane-bound organelles• Linear chromosomes• Endomembrane systems, including
nuclear envelope.
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Sometimes the most obvious evidence isn’t
the best
Which of these is most likely in your opinion?
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Molecular & genetic evidence from existing and extinct organisms indicates all organisms on Earth
share a common ancestral origin of life
Molecular building blocks are common to all life forms
Common genetic code are shared by all modern organisms.
Metabolic pathways are conserved across all currently recognized domains (bacteria, archea, & eukarya)
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The Universal Tree of Life
1. Last common ancestor of all living things.
2. Possible fusion of bacterium with archea making eukaryotes
3. Symbiosis of mitochondrial ancestor with ancestor of eukaryotes
4. Symbiosis of chloroplast ancestor with ancestor of green plants
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The History of Life on Earth
Earth formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago. The earliest
fossil is dated 3.5 billion years old.
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Primitive Earth
• Provided inorganic precursors from which organic molecules could have been synthesized due to the presence of available free energy & the absence of a significant quantity of oxygen.– These molecules served as monomers of building
blocks for the formation of more complex molecules, including amino acids & nucleotides.
– Joining of the monomers produced polymers with the ability to replicate, store & transfer information.
– The RNA World hypothesis proposes that RNA could have been the earliest genetic material.
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Miller/Urey Experiment
This experiment showed it was possible to form complex organic molecules from inorganic molecules in the absence of life.
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How are rocks & fossils dated?
Radiometric dating
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Fig. 13.4 Whale “missing links”
Fossils have been found linking all the major groups
The forms linking mammals to reptiles are particularly well known
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Radiometric Dating• Certain atoms are known to decay (break down) at
a specific rate. Scientists can look at these atoms to determine how old an organic object is. – Radioactive isotope 14C- gradually decays over time
back to 14N (known as Carbon Dating)• It takes ~5600 years for half of the 14C present in a sample to
be converted to 14N.• This length of time is called the half-life.
• Half life (t1/2): the time needed for half of the atoms of the isotope to decay
• For fossils older than 50,000 yrs scientists use other isotopes such as, potassium isotope– t1/2 of 40K = 1.3 billion years to turn to argon (40Ar)
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Mass Extinctions• Are rapid during times of ecological stress.• Fossil records chronicles mass extinctions
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1st single-celled organism• Prokaryotes
1st Eukaryotes• About 2.1 billion years old.• The endosymbiosis theory