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Ecology

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study of the interactions of organisms and their environment

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Ecosystem ecology

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interactions with physical environment that involve feedback mechanisms

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Population ecology

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mechanisms relating to competition within a population

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Community ecology

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Community - mechanisms relation to the interaction between species

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Adaptation

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characteristics that enable an organism to thrive in a given environment (these characteristics are heritable)

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Environmental Tolerances

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environmental conditions beyond which an organism can no longer maintain a positive response (many different rages from survival, growth, reproduction, and optimal)

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Gene

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stretch of DNA coding (eye color)

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Allele

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forms of a gene (brown eyes allele or green eyes allele)

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Locus

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position occupied by a gene on the chromosome is called this

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Gene expression

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process of creating proteins from the genetic code in DNA

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Genotype -

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genetic makeup of an organism (combined genetic material)

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Phenotype –

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the expressed traits of an organism (physical expression of genotype)

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Two models of gene expression

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complete dominance and incomplete dominance

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Complete dominance

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one allele is completely dominant

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Incomplete dominance

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heterozygous individuals are intermediate where each allele has a proportional effect on the phenotype

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Homo/heter zygous

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dependent on alleles at this locus. If the alleles are same vs different at the locus

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Norm of reaction –

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set of phenotypes expressed by a genotype in different environments…

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Phenotypic Plasticity -

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ability of a genotype to express different phenotypical characteristics under different environmental conditions

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Acclimation –

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reversible phenotypical changes in an organism in response to changing environmental conditions

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Developmental plasticity –

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differences in phenotypical traits for a given genotype under different environmental conditions that OCCUR DURING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE IRREVERSIBLE!

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Natural Selection –

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differential success of individuals within the population resulting from their interaction with their environment

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Conditions for Natural Selection:

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  1. variation among individuals in relation to some heritable characteristic 2. that variation among individual results in differences in their survival and reproduction
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Fitness –

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measured by the proportionate contribution an organism makes to future generations… number of offspring produced that contribute to future generations

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Three forms of selection

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stabilizing, directional, disruptive

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Stabilizing selection –

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selection (directional, stabilizing, and disruptive)
Stabilizing – the mean phenotype in a population exhibits the highest relative fitness, and this form of selection looks to decrease all non-conformers/outliers

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Directional selection–

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distribution of phenotypes is shifted to an extreme… birds with only super huge beaks compared to the population survive for some reason

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Disruptive selection

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relative fitness is greatest for the extreme vales of phenotype… ends up with a bimodal distribution (cannot be a middle dude… only an outlier dude)

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Gene pool

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sum of genetic information(alleles) across all individuals in the population is referred to as this

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Ways that genetic variation in gene pool can be quantified:

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Allele frequency – proportion out of all the alleles present at the local in the population
Genotype frequency – proportion out of all the genotypes present at the local in the population

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Two levels that genetic variation can occur:

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within subpopulations and among subpopulations!

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Genetic differentiation

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genetic variation that occurs among subpopulations of the same species… looking at genetic variation between different subpopulations

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Cline

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measurable gradual change over a geographic region in the average of some phenotypic characteristic

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Ecotype

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a population adapted to its unique environmental conditions (marked discontinuities among local populations (there are two ecotypes of mice one for fields and one for beaches remember!!)

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Ecotype vs Cline

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cline more describes the change in a specie’s phenotypical characteristics, whereas ecotype describes the population adjusted to its environment

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Reciprocal transplant and common garden experiments

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comparing the shape of “naturally occurring populations” of a plant TO the shape of a plant in a “common garden”.
if the plant has the same shape as before then this implies genetic differentiation
if the plant starts to look different then this implies phenotypical plasticity

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Adaptive radiation

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the evolutionary diversification of a species or single ancestral lineage into various forms that are each specialized to a specific environment/resource

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Codominance

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when both alleles are expressed when usually there is no one dominant allele

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evolution

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changes in properties of populations of organisms over the course of generations

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Target of selection

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phenotypic trait that select acts directly upon (beak sizes leading to natural selection makes beak sizes the target of selection)

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Selective agent

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environmental cause of fitness differences among organisms (in the birds example, the change in available food resources would be the selective agent)

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Genetic drift

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the random chance of how only some genes are passed along to future generations

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Hardy-Weinberg Principle

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no evolutionary change occurs through the process of sexual reproduction alone! Must accompany with natural selection or some sort of selective mating form!

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Qualitative vs Quantitative Traits

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Qualitative- discrete categories (red or blue)

Quantitative - continuous distribution (height or weight)… most things are quantitative

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What does the idea that “beetles become darker in development which helps them absorb more warmth when adults to accommodate for coldness”

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Developmental plasticity that aids in the survival of the organism!

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Only process that leads to adaption

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Natural selection

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Mutations

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Heritable changes in a gene or chromosome… whether or not there mutations are beneficial depends on the environment!

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Migration vs gene flow

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Migration- movement of individuals between local populations

Gene flow- movement of genes between populations

You can have migration without gene flow if it doesn’t reproduce!

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Other than natural selection, what are some ways that genetic variation can be altered in populations?

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Mutations and genetic drift

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Merging of ecotypes is called

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Zone of hybridization

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Geography/boundaries influence ecotypes a lot! (t/f)

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True!

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Read page 84/85!!

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Yes read those!

You have pics!