18.1 Describe the defining characteristics of animals.
 multicellular
 heterotrophic
 eukaryotes
 *obtain nutrients by ingestion (*includes some exceptions)
 lack cell walls
 collagen extracellular structural protein unique to animals
 *muscle for movement
 nerves
18.2 Describe the five-stage hypothesis for the evolution of animals from protists.
1.
Colonial protist, an aggregate of identical cells
2.
Hollow sphere of unspecialized cells
3.
Beginning of cell specialization
4.
Infolding
5.
Gastrulalike “proto-animal”
18.2 Describe the Cambrian “explosion” of animal diversity and two hypotheses that have been advanced to explain its occurrence.
Dramatic increase in animal diversity with many animal body plans and new phyla appearing in an evolutionarily short time.
Hypothesis #1:
Ecological causes:
 evolution of hard body coverings
 led to increasingly complex predator-prey relationships
 and diverse adaptations for feeding , motility, and protections.
Hypothesis #2:
Geologic changes:
Atmospheric oxygen high enough to support metabolism of more active, mobile animals.
 Genetic framework was already in place:
 the Hox complex of regulatory genes.
 Much of variation comes from where and when Hox genes are expressed within developing embryos.
 Small genetic changes could have big effects.
 (intensity of cause vs. magnitude of effect)
18.3 Explain how a hydrostatic skeleton helps an animal keep its shape and move .
Hydrostatic skeleton : in soft-bodied animal, a noncompressible fluid in the body cavity that provides a rigid structure against which muscles contract, moving the animal.
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18.3 List and describe four features that can describe an animal’s body plan.
1. Symmetry :
 asymmetrical o no symmetry, example: sponges
 radial: o body parts radiate from the center. o Animal has a top and bottom but not a right and left. o meets environment from all sides o sessile, passively drifting.
 bilateral: o mirror-image right and left sides o distinct head (anterior) o a tail (posterior) o back (dorsal) o bottom or belly side (ventral) o cephalization facilitates mobility o travel head-first so sense organs contact environment first.
2. Tissues:
Tissues are collections of specialized cells, usually isolated from other tissues by membrane layers, that perform specific functions, example: nerve tissue.
Coelom?
No
Pseudo-
True
Sponges
No true tissues
X
Cnidaria
X
Flat worms
X
Round worms
X
Anne- lids
X
Molluscs
No body cavity:
 no true tissues, example: sponges
 no fluid-filled space between the digestive tract and outer body wall, example: Cnidaria
 body is solid with ectoderm and mesoderm, example: flatworms
Pseudocoelom: body cavity not completely lined by mesoderm functions like a coelom example: roundworms (nematodes)
True Coelom:
Tissue layer derived from mesoderm completely lines coelom suspends internal organs (derived from endoderm)
18.5-18.14 Describe the characteristics of and distinguish between each of the phyla. Note several examples of each phylum.
X
Arthro- pods
X
18.10 Define segmentation, explain its functions, and note the animal phyla where it occurs .
Segmentation : the subdivision of the body along its length into a series of repeated parts (segments)
Function :
Allows for greater flexibility mobility evolved as an adaptation facilitating movement crawling and burrowing
Animal phyla:
Annelids (first segmentation genes)
Arthropods
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18.12 Describe the process and significance of complete metamorphosis .
Process :
 larval stage specialized for eating and growing.
 molts
 exists as an encased, non-feeding pupa
 body rebuilds from clusters of embryonic cells held in reserve.
 Emerges as adult
 Specialized for reproduction and dispersal
Significance :
 specialization increases efficiency
 larva/adult eat different food
 avoids intergenerational competition
Complete vs. Incomplete Metamorphosis
Complete:
 larvae look very different than adult
 pupa and reorganization
 examples: butterflies and moths
Incomplete
 *larvae look like small adults o examples: grasshoppers, roaches
 *larvae look, act different: o dragonfly larvae (nyads) live in water
 multiple molts
 no pupa
18.16 Explain what we have learned about the evolution of life from the study of “evo-devo.”
Novel features are easily evolved by small changes in master control genes called homeotic genes.
“There has been an idea around biology for a very long time that to get new things you would need new genes. New genes for new structures, or new genes for new capabilities, new genes for new types of animals…It doesn’t look like that at all.
It looks like a lot of things come about because very old genes learn new tricks…the genes involved in building our eyes and our hearts and our bones, these genes have been around for
500 million years and have been building all the rest of the members of the animal kingdom.”
Sean Carroll
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