Cephalopods roundworms arthropods sea lilies

BIL 160 - Spring 2019 - Krempels

STUDY GUIDE FOR THE CUMULATIVE PORTION OF THE FINAL EXAM

• Your textbook readings (Try the problems at the end of the chapters. They really do help.)

The exam will be approximately 50% on the most recent material and about 50% cumulative, focusing on major points.

within which. What is meant by “most inclusive” group and “least inclusive” group.

Be able to recognize, understand and apply the following terms and concepts.

Know how to read a phylogenetic tree. Be able to recognize (and know the meaning of):

monophyletic groups common ancestors which taxa share the most recent common ancestry

What are Darwin’s four tenets of evolution by means of natural selection? What is implied by each of them?

What is artificial selection? How did it guide Darwin in devising his theory of natural selection?

What are the characteristics a thing must have in order to be considered alive?

What is “spontaneous generation”? Abiogenesis?

• “Origin of Life – PBS Nova” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4VS00it40o

What is the RNA World Hypothesis?

Know what is meant by “Hardy Weinberg equilibrium”.

Be able to do a very simple HW calculation (how to figure out p and q, and how to figure out predicted genotypes)

postzygotic reproductive isolating mechanisms species fusion allopolyploidy

hybrid zone species stability (hybrid equilibrium) autopolyploidy

horizontal vs. vertical gene transfer adaptive radiation

Understand the differences and mechanisms of

Biodiversity: General

Recall the general similarities and differences between true bacterial, archaean and eukaryotic cells.

Know the general characteristics of protists. Are they mostly terrestrial? Aquatic? Prokaryotic? Eukaryotic?

Know the general characteristics of (and which are unique to)

What are mycorrhizae? What does each symbiotic partner get out of the association?

What is the difference between an ectoparasite and an endoparasite? Which would you predict to have the most or least

stem cross section whole plant

Know what the following plant structures are, and their general function:

Bryophytes (liverworts, mosses) gymnosperms monocots

Pteridiophytes (ferns) angiosperms (Anthophytes) dicots

gastrula mesoderm blastopore schizocoely cloaca

diploblasty radial symmetry blastocoel enterocoely metamerism

Eumetazoa = all animals with true tissues

Radiata = all radially symmetrical animals

Lophotrochozoa

Syndermata (rotifers & acanthocephalans)

Nematoda (roundworms)

Arthropoda (arthropods)