Categorieën: Alle - mutation - adaptation - isolation - speciation

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Extra Credit Kevin Schlang BIO311D

Adaptive radiation occurs when one or a few species rapidly evolve into many new species within a short time frame. This phenomenon is exemplified by Darwin’s finches, where different beak shapes evolved in distinct environments, leading to new species.

Extra Credit Kevin Schlang BIO311D

Extra Credit Kevin Schlang BIO311D

Exam 3 Topics

Global Warming
Biological Impacts

Species Extinction

Polar bears

76 species of frogs

Largescale destruction of tropical rainforests

Polward shifts of species ranges

Ex Beech trees ranges have already moved north

Earlier spring events

Physical Enviornmental Impacts

Projected increase of 4 degrees Celcius in next 4 years

Changes in Percipitation

rising sea levels

Melting of arctic ice and glaciers

Def: Increase in global temp.
Ozone Depletion causing temp increase more in northpole and contributing to increase in skin cancer in more south pole areas.
Pollution in Ecosystems
Acid Rain

Sulfuric and Nitric Acids contribute to increase PH in rain in areas from pollution from fossil fuels.

Coolants

Coolants Contribute to ozone thinning.

Figuring how pollution has changed

Ice Croe from greenland

Pull out core of ice and snow and it will show anual rings with airpockets. Air in pockets can be analyzed and one can look at nitrogen content.

Pollution due to pestecyes

Aerosol Used to spray insects which remains in Atmoshere for a long time

DDT Example

Sprayed during WW2 to get insects away. However in 60's if was found that it results in thinner eggshells which relates to decline in number of bird species during the time.

Biomagnification increases concentration of DDT, and DDT remained in soil for long time.

Exam 2 Topics

Adaptive Radiation
When one or very few species give rise to many new species within a relatively short period of time.

Example

Darwins Finches

Finches in diferent areas beaks developed changes creating several species.

Speciation
2 Types

Sympatric

Def: differentiating and acquiring reproductive isolation within the same area (sym=together, patria=homeland)

Examples

polinating species becoming more keen to one type of plant.

Apple maggot fly

Polyploidy

Allopatric

2 Models of Allopatric Speciation

Peripheral Isolate Model

New Species forms from population isolated at edge of ancestrol species range

Dumb-Bell Model

Ancestrol species divides into two almost equal halves each of which forms a new species.

Def: species formation from a common ancestor in geograpghically separate locations

Exam 1 Topics

Mutation and Genetic Drift
Genetic Drift

Def: random changes in allele frequencies in a population from generation to generation.

genetic drift results from sampling error in a population with limitied size.

Effects from Genetic Drift

Bottleneck effect

random changes in allele frequencies in a population due to dramatic reduction of population size.

Reduction in size is caused either by some catastrophic events (density- independent factors) or only the frequencies of those loci are conside

Founder Effect

founder effect occurs within the same generation.

random changes in allele frequencies in a population during colonization.

Mutation

Facts

the majority of mutations are detrimental in a given environment

mutation is the ultimate source of genetic variation in populations.

mutation rates for many genes vary between one out of ten to one hundred thousand

Def: Random changes in the genetic code

Population Genetics
Genetic Variations in Populations

Allele Frequency= Gene Frequency= gametic frequency

The Hardy-Weinberg genetic equilibrium

The allele and genotypic frequencies remain the same from generation to generation in a population in which there is

Equation

p^2+2pq+q^2=1

2pq=frequency of heterozygous genetype

q^2= frequency of homozygous recessive allele

P^2=Frequency of Homozygous Dominant Species

Factors in order for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium to exist

No migration

No mutations

No Selection

Random mating

Infinite large population size

MN blood type example

Frequencies of Alleles for blood types similar in populations closer to each other

Example used to explain % Frequence

N/total X 100

New Guinea and Australia are similar, but Guatamala almost opposite

Gene Pool: The set of all alleles at all Loci of a population

Def: The proportion of a certain allele within a population