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| − | '''''Note:''' These study questions are not comprehensive. They are meant to
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| − | ''supplement your lecture notes as you review them, and alert you to the ways in which you should be thinking about
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| − | ''the material, and formulate questions to test yourself. Exams will NOT be limited to the material highlighted in these
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| − | ''questions, or their formats, so your lecture notes and handouts should be your primary reference.''
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| − | ==Lecture 1 (31 August 2010)==
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| − | 1. What are the reasons for studying a particular group of organisms such as vertebrates?
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| − | 2. List the basic functions of living organisms. Provide a vertebrate example for each.
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| − | 3. What is a mechanical constraint? Explain it in terms of one of the three examples (e.g., lizards, Darwin's finches, ''Hydromantes'' salamanders) discussed in lecture.<br>
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| − | 4. Why weren't the ancestors of lizards subject to the same constraint? How have some lizard relatives escaped from this constraint?
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| − | ==Lecture 2 (2 September 2010)==
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| − | 1. Hydromantes salamanders have a high performance, ballistic tongue. What two trade-offs have allowed for this?
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| − | 2. What is a "monophyletic lineage"? Draw the vertebrate phylogeny and label all major monophyletic groups discussed in lecture.
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| − | 3. Which major taxonomic group of vertebrates is the most speciose? The least?
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| − | 4. What vertebrates belong in the monophyletic lineage Lepidosauria? Synapsida? Actinopterygii?
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| − | 5. What are the five major deuterostome lineages? Provide a representative from each lineage.
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| − | 6. Briefly discuss the controversy surrounding Xenoturbella. Most recent studies suggest this organism belongs in what taxonomic group?
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| − | ''*Please refer to the :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/restricted/Phyl_tut_pptshow2010.ppt}}'''Phylogeny Tutorial''' and :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB2214/restricted/EEB214F06treequiz.pdf}}'''Practice Tree Quiz''' for additional help with phylogenetic trees*''
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