Transcript Ch 26 - phylogeny

Phylogeny and Systematics
Chapter 26:
(Making “Trees of Life”)
Macroevolution
• studies focus on change that occurs at or
above the level of species
▫ The origin of taxonomic groups higher than
species level
How does this occur?
• Evolution of new traits (novelties)
• mass extinctions
• Open adaptive zones (divergent evolution)
• Currently, scientists use
▫ Morphological, biochemical, and molecular
comparisons to infer evolutionary relationships
 Obtained through fossil studies, DNA technology
and current organisms
Phylogeny
What is phylogeny?
• The evolutionary history of a group
• Systematics attempts to reconstruct
phylogeny, by analyzing evolutionary
relatedness.
▫ Use morphological and biochemical similarities
• Molecular systematics uses DNA, RNA and
proteins to infer evolutionary relatedness.
• Different tools are used to reconstruct
phylogenies called phylogentic trees.
Molecular
systematics
Systematics
• Uses evidence from fossil record and
existing organisms to reconstruct
phylogeny (Linneaus)
• Binomial nomenclature Genus species
keeps identity of organism universal
▫ Other taxa used to classify
 Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order,
Family, Genus, species
Taxonomy
Linnaeus ordered
division of
organisms into
categories based
on a set of
characteristics
used to assess
similarities and
differences
Linking Classification and Phylogeny
Species
Panthera
Figure 25.9
Order
Family
Panthera
Mephitis
Canis
Canis
Lutra lutra
pardus
mephitis
familiaris
lupus
(European
(leopard) (striped skunk)
(domestic dog) (wolf)
otter)
Genus
• Systematists depict evolutionary relationships
In branching phylogenetic trees
Felidae
Mephitis
Lutra
Mustelidae
Carnivora
Canis
Canidae
• Each branch point
▫ Represents the divergence of two species
Leopard
Domestic cat
Common ancestor
• “Deeper” branch points
▫ Represent progressively greater amounts of
divergence
Wolf
Leopard
Common ancestor
Domestic cat
Cladistics
• Cladogram is a tree with
two way branch points
• Each branch point
represents divergence
from common ancestor
• Each branch is called a
clade
• Clades
▫ Can be nested within larger
clades, but not all
groupings or organisms
qualify as clades
• 3 types of groupings
▫ Monophyletic
▫ Polyphyletic
▫ Paraphyletic
Different Types of Clades
• Monophyletic = single ancestor gave rise to all
species in the taxon; ONLY valid clade
• Polyphyletic = includes numerous types of
organisms that lack a common ancestor; not a
valid clade
• Paraphyletic = a grouping that consists of an
ancestral species and some, but not all, of the
descendants; not a valid clade
Clades
Grouping 1
Monophyletic
Grouping 2
Paraphyletic
Grouping 3
Polyphyletic
Let’s practice…
Making “Trees”: Morphological &
molecular homologies
• similarities based on shared ancestries
▫ bone structure
▫ DNA sequences
• beware of analogous structures
 convergent evolution
Not all Similarities Represent
Common Ancestry
• Homologous structures indicate shared
common ancestry
▫ Homologous structures are therefore
evidence of divergent evolution
• Analogous structures are similar in
function but not in evolutionary history
▫ Analogous structures are evidence of
convergent evolution
• It is not always easy to sort homologous
from analogous structures
• RECALL…
• Convergent evolution occurs when similar
environmental pressures and natural selection
▫ Produce similar (analogous) adaptations in
organisms from different evolutionary lineages
Marsupial
Eutherian
(placental)
Making Evolutionary Life Trees:
Illustrating Phylogeny
• 1. Cladistics =
▫ sorts homologous from
analogous structures
▫ sorts primitive and shared
derived characteristics
▫ Makes cladograms
The Universal Tree of Life
• The tree of life is divided into three great clades called
domains:
▫ Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya
Billion years ago
Bacteria
Eukarya Archaea
0
4
Symbiosis of
chloroplast
ancestor with
ancestor of green
plants
1
3
Symbiosis of
mitochondrial
ancestor with
ancestor of
eukaryotes
2
Possible fusion
of bacterium
and archaean,
yielding
ancestor of
eukaryotic cells
1
Last common
ancestor of all
living things
4
2
3
2
3
1
Origin of life
Figure 25.18
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• A shared primitive character
▫ a homologous structure that is
shared by all groups we are
trying to define
• A shared derived character
▫ A new evolutionary trait unique
to a particular clade(s)
▫ Making Cladograms Activity
A Cladogram
What is the shared primitive characteristic? Notochord
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Mesozoic
Millions of
years ago
542
Paleozoic
Proterozoic
• In a phylogram
▫ The length of a branch in a
cladogram reflects the
number of genetic changes
that have taken place in a
particular DNA or RNA
sequence in that lineage
▫ Involves timing
cladograms do NOT!
Cenozoic
Phylograms