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Notes for all of unit 2 of Marine Biology at Boston University. Phylogeny through prokaryotes and invertebrates, figures and tables throughout for organization and further understanding.

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Lecture
12 Phylogeny and Macroevolution


Phylogeny
Evolution change in gene (or allele) frequencies over time
a
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Macroevolution-changes in allele frequencies within the entire biota Call species)
long periods of time
over

evolutionary history of group is called its phylogeny
·
a


phylogenetic tree graphical summary of this history

·
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branchea
,
↳ illustrates:
Osequence of speciation events (branches split)
② which taxa are more closely or distantly related
know branches split

timing of branching events (sometimes)
② the
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Darwins hypothetical tree shows how lineages diverge from common ancestors and
extinct and extant species
give rise to
·



degree of divergence-distances along horizontal axis

Important ! Natural Selection is not evolution
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↳ natural selection is a mechanism of evolution
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·

Natural selection is the outcome of four facts :




① individuals within a species are variable (genotypicPhenotypic variation)
② variation in reproductive success some
(only genotypes will be passed)

Survival and reproduction of individuals is not ranidom!
⑪ some
prenotypic variation is passed on to
offspring (heritable)
Natural selection acts as a
sorting process
·




↳ acts onindividuals those with favored traits have more offspring
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population's evolve not individuals
·

fitness individuals with some
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produce more offspring
phenotypes

phenotypes with highest relative fitness will increase in the population over

time
adaptation traits that confer to the relative f tress
highest on the
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individual its context
given ecological

, ·


adaptive traits can vary depending
on
ecological context T
trait selected
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adaptivetraits can bei against ,




flounderdoes
Structural

(morphology not blend in
↳ behavioral (instinct learning)
,




physiological/homeostasis development

,



units 2and 3 will look at adaptations
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that define different taxa



trait selected for,
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phylogenetics the study of evolutionary history
: and flander blends in

relationships between taxonomic of
groups living example monophyletic
:




I
things convergent traits :
FG H J

traits must be derived from a common
·
evolved independently
in different groups
E
D
ancestor to reveal relationships
↳ called shared derived traits or
evolutionary A
~
BC


synapamorphies ·
"node

monophyletic group
·

: consists of an ancestor
and all of its descendants
↳also called a clade



Species concepts :





Morphological/ecological a species is a
population that is
morphologically
distinct from other populations
② populations that are evolution
Biological arily independent of other populations
(i e reproductively isolatech)
. .





Phylogenetic-smallest statistically defined monophyletic groups
, ,
on a
phylogenetic
tree
-monophyletic
of
Degrees Species-ness example
less most
genotypic ecological biological phylogenic o
species cluster

allele
>
species adopt
hybrids monophyletic
Biological ference
a
specific DNA
not viable
a
niche

Creproductive isolation)

,②Macroevolution
macroevolution change in allele
frequency of entire biota over time
·




2 different patterns of macroevolution
·




species drift-differential survival and reproduction of alleles due to chance


species selection - differential survival and reproduction of alleles due to causal interaction
between
phenotype and environment
4 patterns of macroevolution :




Istasis-lineages that do not change for long period a of
time animals who not
adaptingchanging
,
are

↳ example-coelacanths ;
living fussil discovered
exactly resembles
fossil from 80 million
years ago
②character
change-lineages can
change quickly slowly
or in one

direction or multiple

example-trilobites ; had many lineages with various numbers

developing
of ribs

lineage-splitting (speciation)
muss
these speciation patterns are traced using
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=
extinction

phylogeny
⑪ extinction-can be frequent or rare event within a lineage , or can
Especiation
occur
simultaneously
③ Active Research Questions
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I diverse and others sparse ?
some clades
why are
marine invertebrates with small bodies disperse less far and undergo
speciation more. They are also more likely to be endemic species /restricted to
a certain place
invertebrates with planktonic larval stage have
larger ranges and

marine a


persist longer than species that do not have "
a larval stage
2) Are there "dead ends ?
evolutionary
species with specialist lineages have reduced capacity for persistence
diversification
or

specialization of one resource limits an
organism's capacity to

persist through environmental
changes llimited evolutionary potential
Revolutionary potential capacity : ofa population to evolve in response to
environmental changes

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