Post on 14-Dec-2015
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Thinking about Turtles & EvolutionPart 1: How the Turtle Gets its Shell
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Strange Anatomy
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Unique Development
Expanding edge of the carapacial ridge.
A. Entire embryo in cross-section. B. Enlargement.
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Formation of Bonein Turtle Shell
Advantages of Metamerism (repeating body segments)
EndochondralIntramembranous
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Microeveolution by Speciation (Darwin)Macroevolution =
Whole New Body Plans (like turtles)Revision of Text Analogy
Problems with transitional forms in nature
Microevolution vs Macroevolution
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Uniramous &Biramous
Appendages
Mutation andSpecilization
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Gene Regulation: On/Off Switches
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Real world example of Gene Regulation in Prokaryote (E. coli)
Generalize to molecules from adjacent cells serving as signals
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Unique Development
Expanding edge of the carapacial ridge.
A. Entire embryo in cross-section. B. Enlargement.
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Fruit Fly Drosophila melanogaster
Larva (maggot)
Adult
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Embryonic Limb Buds
NormalMutated
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