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Back to anoles…. A. occultus – Puerto Rico. A. sagrei – Cuba. A. cristatellus – Puerto Rico. A. lineatopus – Jamaica. A. cybotes - Hispaniola. A. sheplani – Hispaniola. A. angusticeps – Cuba. A. valencienni – Jamaica. Trunk-ground anoles. Twig anoles.
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A. occultus – Puerto Rico A. sagrei – Cuba A. cristatellus – Puerto Rico A. lineatopus – Jamaica A. cybotes - Hispaniola A. sheplani – Hispaniola A. angusticeps – Cuba A. valencienni – Jamaica Trunk-ground anoles Twig anoles
Evolutionary constraints • Change can only happen on … • Puts some limit on … • Main reason why adaptations are …
Chordates – Phylum Chordata • Why study chordates? • We are chordates! • Many animals we see conspicuously are chordates • What is a chordate? • They are … • All chordates have a fluid-filled internal body cavity • Share 5 characteristics at some point in life
Deuterostomes vs. Protostomes • Deuterostomes – • Echinoderms and chordates Fig. 2.3
Deuterostomes vs. Protostomes • Protostomes – • Other animals Fig. 2.3
Chordate groups • Urochordates • Tunicates (sea squirts) • Cephalochordates • Amphioxus (lancelets) • Vertebrates • Largest chordate group by far • Incredible diversity within the group • Fossil record is good within this group Larvacea Pikaia
Five characteristics of Chordates • All chordates display the following at some point during their life • Notochord • Dorsal Hollow Nerve Tube • Pharyngeal slits • Post-anal tail • Endostyle or Thyroid* Fig. 2.4
Notochord • Originates from the … • Stiff, fluid-filled rod encased in fibrous sheath • Axially … • Laterally … • Largely replaced in function by the vertebral column in bony fishes and terrestrial vertebrates Fig. 2.5
Notochord Fig. 2.5
Dorsal Hollow Nerve Cord • Originates distinctively by invagination of the ectoderm Fig. 2.6
Dorsal Hollow Nerve Cord Neural Plate Primitive Node Primitive Streak Neural Plate Notochord
Dorsal Hollow Nerve Cord Neural Plate Neural Groove Neural Groove
Dorsal Hollow Nerve Cord Neural Plate (Brain) Neural Fold Neural Tube
Dorsal Hollow Nerve Cord Neural Plate (Brain) Neural Fold Neural Tube
Dorsal Hollow Nerve Cord Neural tube formation and closure is complete by Day 24
Pharyngeal Slits • Pharynx arises from endoderm immediately posterior to … • Punctuated by holes • Pharynx expands into pharyngeal basket (branchial basket) in … • Used for feeding and sometimes associated with … • How is this advantageous? Human: weeks 4-5
Postanal Tail • Posterior elongation of the body past anus • Usually associated with …
Endostyle • Endostyle = glandular groove in the floor of the pharynx; involved in ... • Thyroid = major endocrine gland; arises in development from the floor of … • Both metabolize iodine, suggesting common ancestry