Biology Questions and Answers related to Ecology and Evolution

This document answers 11 Biology questions which include: 1.Discuss the PEG model patterns and explain them. 2.What are some of the common characters shared by Stramenopiles? Why is this group so diverse?What is their importance ecologically? 3. Unikonta II- How is the amoeboid morphology suited to the various ways of acquiring nutrition in this group? 4.Unikonta I- Can you discuss the adaptive function of the life cycle of Dictyostelium? 5.Red and green algae What is the ecological importance and significance of these two groups? 6. Red algae have unique characters and some interesting life cycles. Can you discuss how their ecology and their characters intersect? 7.Oomycetes were considered to be fungi. Discuss the convergence of their character traits with the fungi and why there is convergence form a morphological standpoint 8.Dinoflagellates II- COLLAPSE Discuss the biology of dinoflagellates from an adaptive standpoint 9.Please discuss the meaning of this phylogeny. 10.Discuss the ecological roles of the Euglenids compared to other members of that group (kinetoplastids) and the rest of Excavata.Why are most Euglenoids the exception?What is the evolutionary history of this group? Please discuss the prevalence of mixotrophy in the SAR clade. Why is this so common in this group?