Chapter 51: Behavior Ecology

Chapter 51: Behavior Ecology

 Proximate vs ultimate causes of behavior

 Directed movements

 Signals & communication

 Mate choice behavior

Chapter 2: Chemical Context of Life

 The main elements of life

 Types of bonding & molecular interactions

 Chemical reactions

Chapter 3: Water and the Fitness of the Environment

 The structure of water

 Water’s polarity & hydrogen bonding

 Water’s properties & their significance

 Acids, bases, & buffers

Chapter 5: The Structure & Function of Macromolecules

 Dehydration synthesis & hydrolysis (condensation reactions)

 The monomer and polymer for all macromolecules

 The function of all macromolecules

Chapter 6: A Tour of the Cell

 The structure and function of organelles

 Compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells

Chapter 7: Membrane Structure and Function

 Cell membrane structure & function of all components

 Membrane permeability

 Passive transports & all types

 Active transport & all types

 Bulk transport & all types

Chapter 8: An Introduction to Metabolism

 Different types of metabolic pathways

 Laws of thermodynamics

 Free energy

 Metabolism

 ATP & energy coupling

 Enzymes including how they function, how they are regulated, the effect of their environment onfunctionality

Evolution

Aristotle (scalanaturae), Linnaeus (taxonomy), Cuvier (paleontology, catastrophism), Hutton (gradualism), Lyell (uniformitarianism), etc

Larmarck (use and disuse, inheritance of acquired characteristics)

Darwin (HMS Beagle, descent with modification, adaptations, Wallace, The Origin of Species, natural selection, etc)

Evidence of evolution (direct observation, fossil record, homology, biogeography, etc)

Genetic variation (within a population, between populations, mutations, sexual reproduction, etc)

Hardy-Weinberg (principle, equilibrium, equation, conditions for, etc)

Violations of HW conditions (mutations, nonrandom mating, natural selection, genetic drift including founder effect and bottleneck effect, gene flow, etc)

Types of natural selection (directional, disruptive, stabilizing selection, sexual selection, balancing selection, diploidy, heterozygote advantage, frequency-dependent selection, neutral variation, etc)

Imperfection of organisms and limitations of natural selection

Microevolution v. macroevolution

Biological species concept

Reproduction isolation (pre- and postzygotic barriers, etc)

Morphological species concept

Ecological species concept

Phylogenic species concept

Speciation (allopatric v. sympatric, punctuated equilibria, rates, etc)

Hybrid zones