AP Biology Discussion Notes
Monday 4/27/2015
2 weeks until the AP TEST!!!
Goals for the Day
• Understand how we influence the
environment & organisms around us
• Be able to tie together multiple
disciplines in biology
Question of the Day
4/27
• The basic unit of structure and function
in living things is the __________.
Question of the Day
4/27
• The basic unit of structure and function in
living things is the __________.
• CELLS of course, but don’t forget about how
cells are related to FUNCTION as well as
structure.
• If we change the structure of the cell we will
change the function
• Since all cells have DNA it is a difference in
GENE EXPRESSION that lead to different
kinds of cells, and therefore different kinds of
cellular functions.
Climate Change Questions
Evolution of Color Vision
Evolution of Color Vision
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Ecology
Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics
Phylogenetics
Evolution
What is colorblindness?
Reduced ability to interpret light as color.
1 in 12 males are colorblind.
< 1 in 100 females are colorblind.
Evolution of Color Vision – Day 1
• Questions 1-3
Figure 1. Leave as seen by dichromats
(left) and ______________ (right)
Figure 2.
Question 3
Figure 1. Leave as seen by dichromats
(left) and ______________ (right)
Figure 2.
Look for a pattern……..
Color Vision in Monkeys
Species: Grey Cheeked Mangabey
Lives: Africa
Vision: Trichromatic vision (i.e. like
most humans)
Species: White Headed Capuchin
Lives: Central and South America
Vision: Dichromatic vision (i.e.
“colorblind”.
Color Vision in Monkeys
Species: Japanese Macaque
Lives: Asia
Vision: Trichromatic vision
Species: Black Squirrel Monkey
Lives: Central and South America
Vision: Dichromatic vision
Color Vision in Monkeys
Species: Guinea Baboon
Lives: Africa
Vision: Trichromatic vision
Species: White Faced Saki
Lives: Central and South America
Vision: Dichromatic vision
Color Vision in Monkeys
Species: Roloway Monkey
Lives: Africa
Vision: Trichromatic vision
Species: Pied Tamarin
Lives: Central and South America
Vision: Dichromatic vision
What have you noticed?
Is there a relationship between color
vision and continent of origin among
monkey species?
Monkeys of the World
Continue Day 1 questions
• You may work in groups – but each
person needs to do one.
• Due tomorrow!
Yellow-rumped Warbler