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BIO311D Extra Credit Assignment (Levin)

The text explores the factors contributing to extinction, emphasizing genetic aspects like inbreeding, which leads to homozygosity and reduced genetic variation, ultimately affecting reproduction rates.

BIO311D Extra Credit Assignment (Levin)

BIO311D Extra Credit Assignment (Levin)

Extinction

Island Size
Large

higher immigration rates

more resources

Small

extinction rate is higher

Process
Fragmentation

think lightbulb

habitat corridor - reduces population fragmentation

single populations in range going out

Contraction

think deflating baloon

Major Causes
Genetic Contributions

Hybridization

minor species always dislves

results in loss of genetic variation

less reproduction

includes homozygosity

Species Introduction

bringing a species to a different country

predation

Overexploitation/Hunting
Habitat Destruction

farmland/asphalt

deforestation

species are not found in all habitats

Speciation

evolutionary process by which new biological species arise

Species
all species arise from previously existing species
groups of actually/potentially interbreeding individuals
Allopatric (geographical)
Models

dumb-bell

ancestral species is divided into two roughly equal halves, each of which forms a new species

peripheral

in which new species forms from a population isolated at edge of an ancestral species range

Series

two populations experience gene flow

gene flow interrupted variant types appear

selection causes divergence in gene pools

reproductive isolation present without geographical barrier. speciation is complete

Global Warming

rise in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans since the late 19th century and its projected continuation

Biological Impacts of Climate Change

Responses to Climate Change

Northern range shifts

The spread of parasites and vectors as they’ve shifted northward.

50% of species show a response. (Exists on every continent/every ocean)

Species Extinction

Coral Bleaching

Earlier Spring Events

Altitudinal/poleward shift in species range

The faster global warming, the faster range shifts
Increase in malaria and other subtropical diseases
More intense hurricanes/storms
Increase in ocean temperatures
Atmosphere
Greenhouse effect

the trapping of heat in the atmosphere by certain (so-called "greenhouse") gases.

Examples: heat trapped in car, glass greenhouse for plants

Projected Emissions

All the greenhouse gases will increase:

CFC’s

Water Vapo

Nitrous oxide – from fossil fuels

Methane – from wet agriculture (rice paddies), cows, and ocean bottom

Carbon dioxide

Biomagnification

The increase in the concentration of alien substances from one trophic level to the next. (The substances can not be metabolized.)

Carbon Dioxide

Relationship between CO2 and temperature over time

Predicted that temperatures will increase by 4°C by the end of the century

Positive correlation

not a prevention but a reduction of heat escaping into space

more radiant energy stays in the earth’s atmosphere

but burning fossil fuels contributes to increased CO2 levels in atmosphere

usually in a balanced concentration

Aerosol

DDT - used to kill insects (crop pests)

Invented in WWII to suppress crop pests. (Mosquitos)

DDT has a 95% breakdown time of 10 years.

Population Growth

Resourece
less

decrease in population

more

increase in population

Biological Control
reproductive control

release of incompatible pest strains

use of chemical sterilants

release of sterile insects

Equal amounts of the two factors results in an population equilibrium.
Environmental resistance
bad weather
space
competition
redation
disease
low nutrients, food, water
Biotic potential
Defense mechanisms
ability to withstade adverse conditions
rate of reproduction

Selection

Natural Selction
Sexual Selection

females choosing males and males compete and females choose

Mating Systems

Asexual reproduction

offspring of asexual reproduction are genetically identical to the last generation

Assortative

phenotypic similarities

Consequences

mating for eye color does not change p or q

the rest of the genome is not affected

if ppl with blue eyes mate with others with blue eyes, homozygosity for eye color would increase

Random Mating

independent of genotype and phenotype

Positve Assortative

phenotypically similar

Negative Assortative

phenotypically dissimilar

Inbreeding

mating between relatives

products of inbreeding are inferior than products of non-related individuals

every generation of self-fertilization (“selfing”), heterozygous decreases by half

self-fertilization is the most extreme form of inbreeding

properties

Stabilizing

favors the mean

Heterozygote Advantage

genes in the heterozygous state are superior to the homozygous state

Directional

will skew the distribution in one direction

Disruptive

favors the extremes

Main topic

Organization of Genetic Variation

Subtopic
Decrease in Variation
Intergradation

members of different populations mating with each other

gene flow: movement of individuals between established, existing populations

Founder Effect: loss of genetic variation when a new population is established by a small number of individuals from a larger population (chance deviation)

Geographical Isolation

races evolve separately because the distance between them is too great

race: groups of populations with similar allele frequencies that are different from other related populations

Reproductive Isolation

Mechanisms

Postzygotic barriers

reduce viability or fertility of hybrid

Hybrid Breakdown

F1 hybrid viable and fertile, but F2 and backcross generations aren't

Hybrid Inviability

hybrid dies prior to reproductive maturity

Hybrid Sterility

hybrid is viable, but sterile

Zygotic Mortality

fertilized egg, but no zygote development

Gametic Isolation

cross incompatibility. sperm transfer, but no fertilization

Prezygotic barriers

prevents fertiliztion

Mechanical Isolation

structural differences in reproductive organs

Behavioral Isolation

species isolation. potential mates choose to mate with own species

Ecological Isolation

organisms mate at different locations

Temporal Isolation

organisms mate at different times

Increase in Variation
Adaptive Differentiation

development of different phenotypes from a common ancestor due to adaptations to different environments

adaptation: a trait that enhances survivorship and reproduction

Mutation

random change in genetic code

for men, mutation is age dependent

95% of all homozygous mutations are harmful

ultimate source of genetic variation

generates new alleles