Entomology Unit 4 SLO's (P1) questions with verified
answers
3 examples of unusual ectoparasites Ans✓✓✓ - Dermaptera
- Bat flies
- Bot flies
Although there are now more than 1200 insect genomes available.....
Ans✓✓✓ majority are partially completed genomes
Annotation Ans✓✓✓ the process of identifying functional elements
along the sequence of a genome
Arrhenotoky (haplodiploidy) Ans✓✓✓ production of males
pathogenetically (unfertilized eggs) and females from fertilized eggs
Arrhenotoky is Ans✓✓✓ uncommon
Assembly Ans✓✓✓ line them up and find where they overlap in
sequences
Bat flies Ans✓✓✓ hyperspecialized behavior and modifications (looks
more like spider than fly),
, Bot flies Ans✓✓✓ (between endo and ectoparasites) myiasis
sometimes occurs because there is too many parasitoids that it
completely depletes host resources
Chromosome Ans✓✓✓ a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and
protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic
information in the form of genes.
Coleoptera (beetles): Elytra Ans✓✓✓ tough fore wings of beetles;
protects delicate wings
Cordyceps Ans✓✓✓ parasitic fungus that alters host behavior. enters
insect, takes them over, eventually erupts out of them and infects
others
(ants and spiders)
Dermaptera (Earwigs) Ans✓✓✓ parasite on bats, and helps to carry
other parasites
Describe the sexual dimorphism seen in strepsiptera. Ans✓✓✓
Neoteny
Females look like larvae; they don't have a reproductive tract
answers
3 examples of unusual ectoparasites Ans✓✓✓ - Dermaptera
- Bat flies
- Bot flies
Although there are now more than 1200 insect genomes available.....
Ans✓✓✓ majority are partially completed genomes
Annotation Ans✓✓✓ the process of identifying functional elements
along the sequence of a genome
Arrhenotoky (haplodiploidy) Ans✓✓✓ production of males
pathogenetically (unfertilized eggs) and females from fertilized eggs
Arrhenotoky is Ans✓✓✓ uncommon
Assembly Ans✓✓✓ line them up and find where they overlap in
sequences
Bat flies Ans✓✓✓ hyperspecialized behavior and modifications (looks
more like spider than fly),
, Bot flies Ans✓✓✓ (between endo and ectoparasites) myiasis
sometimes occurs because there is too many parasitoids that it
completely depletes host resources
Chromosome Ans✓✓✓ a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and
protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic
information in the form of genes.
Coleoptera (beetles): Elytra Ans✓✓✓ tough fore wings of beetles;
protects delicate wings
Cordyceps Ans✓✓✓ parasitic fungus that alters host behavior. enters
insect, takes them over, eventually erupts out of them and infects
others
(ants and spiders)
Dermaptera (Earwigs) Ans✓✓✓ parasite on bats, and helps to carry
other parasites
Describe the sexual dimorphism seen in strepsiptera. Ans✓✓✓
Neoteny
Females look like larvae; they don't have a reproductive tract
