Genbio Mod 2
Genbio Mod 2
Genbio Mod 2
General Biology 2
Quarter 1- - Module 2
GENERAL BIOLOGY 2
What I know
What’s new
PRE-ACTIVITY: Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYr3sYS9e0w
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What’s is it
Introduction:
The Evidence for Evolution Anatomy and embryology Darwin thought
of evolution as "descent with modification," a process in which species
change and give rise to new species over many generations. He proposed
that the evolutionary history of life forms a branching tree with many
levels, in which all species can be traced back to an ancient common
ancestor.
Homologous features If two or more species share a unique physical
feature, such as a complex bone structure or a body plan, they may all
have inherited this feature from a common ancestor. Physical features
shared due to evolutionary history (a common ancestor) are said to be
homologous.
Analogous features To make things a little more interesting and
complicated, not all physical features that look alike are marks of
common ancestry. Instead, some physical similarities are analogous:
they evolved independently in different organisms because the
organisms lived in similar environments or experienced similar selective
pressures. This process is called convergent evolution. (To converge
means to come together, like two lines meeting at a point.)
Determining relationships from similar features In general,
biologists don't draw conclusions about how species are related on the
basis of any single feature they think is homologous. Instead, they study
a large collection of features (often, both physical features and DNA
sequences) and draw conclusions about relatedness based on these
features as a group. We will explore this idea further when we examine
phylogenetic trees.
Molecular biology Like structural homologies, similarities between
biological molecules can reflect shared evolutionary ancestry. At the
most basic level, all living organisms share:
The same genetic material (DNA)
The same, or highly similar, genetic codes
The same basic process of gene expression (transcription and
translation)
The same molecular building blocks, such as amino acids
Biogeography The geographic distribution of organisms on Earth
follows patterns that are best explained by evolution, in combination
with the movement of tectonic plates over geological time.
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Fossil record Fossils are the preserved remains of previously living
organisms or their traces, dating from the distant past. The fossil record
is not, alas, complete or unbroken: most organisms never fossilize, and
even the organisms that do fossilize are rarely found by humans.
What’s more
ACTIVITY:
Identify the evidence shown by the picture and explain how it supports evolution.
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Lesson
Evolutionary Relationships of
Organisms
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What I need to know
Learning Competency
What I know
1. Phylogeny 6. Polytomy
2. Phylogenetic Tree 7. Taxonomy
3. Branch Point 8. Binomial Nomenclature
4. Basal Taxon
5. Sister Taxa
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What’s new
PRE-ACTIVITY:
What’s is it
Introduction:
There are 104 amino acids in the human cytochrome c, 37 of which have been
found at the same position in every cytochrome c that has been sequenced.
The molecules are assumed to have descended from a primitive microbial
cytochrome that existed over two billion years ago.
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A phylogenetic tree is a diagram used to reflect evolutionary relationships
among organisms or groups of organisms. Scientists consider phylogenetic
trees to be a hypothesis of the evolutionary past since one cannot go back to
Scientists call such trees rooted, which means there is a single ancestral
lineage (typically drawn from the bottom or left) to which all organisms
represented in the diagram relate. Notice in the rooted phylogenetic tree that
the three domains— Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya—diverge from a single
point and branch off. The small branch that plants and animals (including
humans) occupy in this diagram shows how recent and miniscule these
groups are compared with other organisms. Unrooted trees don’t show a
common ancestor but do show relationships among species.
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What’s more
Horse
Chicken
Frog
Human
Shark
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