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Chapter 26.

Chapter 26. Origin of Life. The historical tree of life can be documented with evidence. The Origin of Life on Earth is another story…. Origin of Life hypothesis. Abiotic synthesis of organic molecules amino acids & nucleotides Building polymers joining molecules into polymers

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Chapter 26.

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  1. Chapter 26. Origin of Life

  2. The historical tree of life can be documented with evidence. The Origin of Life on Earth is another story…

  3. Origin of Life hypothesis • Abiotic synthesis of organic molecules • amino acids & nucleotides • Building polymers • joining molecules into polymers • proteins & nucleic acids • Protobionts • packaging polymers into membrane-bound droplets • maintain internal chemistry • Origin of self-replicating molecules • makes inheritance possible

  4. What’smissing fromthat atmosphere?! Conditions on early Earth • Reducing atmosphere • electron-adding • water vapor, CO2, nitrogen, NOx, CH4, NH3, H2, H2S • Energy source • lightning, UV radiation, volcanic

  5. Abiotic synthesis • Testable hypothesis • 1920Oparin & Haldane propose reducing atmosphere hypothesis • 1953Miller & Urey test the hypothesis

  6. Stanley Miller University of Chicago yielded amino acids hydrocarbons N bases other organic molecules

  7. Protobionts • Life  reproduction & metabolism

  8. RNA world • RNA is likely first genetic material • multi-functional molecule • codes information • enzyme functions • ribozymes • replication • regulatory molecule • transport molecule Dawn of natural selection

  9. Key Events in Origin of Life • Key events in evolutionary history of life on Earth • life originated 3.5–4.0 bya

  10. Prokaryotes • Prokaryotes dominated life on Earth from 3.5–2.0 bya 3.5 billion year old fossil of bacteria modern bacteria

  11. Stromatolites fossilized mats of prokaryotes resemble modern microbial colonies Lynn Margulis

  12. Oxygen atmosphere • Oxygen begins to accumulate 2.7 bya • photosynthetic bacteria • cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) • reducing  oxidizing atmosphere • corrosive • banded iron in rocks = rusting

  13. Endosymbiosis • Evolution of eukaryotes • membrane bound organelles = 2.1 bya

  14. Cambrian explosion • 543 mya • within 10–20 million years most of the major phyla of animals appear in fossil record

  15. Diversity of life & periods of mass extinction

  16. The Chicxulub impact crater in the Caribbean Sea near the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico indicates an asteroid or comet struck the earth and changed conditions 65 million years ago

  17. Early mammal evolution • 125 mya mammals began to radiateout & fill niches

  18. Classification • Linnaeus used structural similarity • 1969Robert Whittaker devised 5 Kingdom system • Monera • Protista • Plantae • Fungi • Animalia

  19. Re-Classifying Life • New groupings • molecular data challenges 5 Kingdoms • Monera is too diverse • 2 distinct lineages of prokaryotes • Protists are too diverse

  20. 3 Domain system • Super Kingdoms • Bacteria • Archaea • extremophiles = live in extreme environments • Eukarya • eukaryotes

  21. Bacteria Archae- bacteria Protista Plantae Fungi Animalia 0 PHANEROZOC Cenozoic Colonization of land by animals Mesozoic 500 Paleozoic Appearance of animals and land plants First multicellular organisms 1000 PROTEROZOIC 1500 Oldest definite fossils of eukaryotes PRECAMBRIAN 2000 Millions of years ago Appearance of oxygen in atmosphere 2500 Oldest definite fossils of prokaryotes 3000 ARCHEAN 3500 Molten- hot surface of earth becomes somewhat cooler 4000 4500 Formation of earth

  22. KingdomBacteria KingdomArchaebacteria KingdomProtista KingdomFungi KingdomPlantae KingdomAnimalia

  23. Any Questions??

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