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Diversity of Eukaryotes

Diversity of Eukaryotes. CHAPTERS 3 and 4. The Mind-Boggling Diversity of Life. The Eukarya domain contains four kingdoms Protista Plantae Fungi Animalia Eukaryotes evolved sometime after prokaryotes populated the Earth. The Dawn of Eukarya. Key evolutionary features of eukaryotes:

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Diversity of Eukaryotes

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  1. Diversity of Eukaryotes CHAPTERS 3 and 4

  2. The Mind-Boggling Diversity of Life • The Eukarya domain contains four kingdoms • Protista • Plantae • Fungi • Animalia • Eukaryotes evolved sometime after prokaryotes populated the Earth

  3. The Dawn of Eukarya • Key evolutionary features of eukaryotes: • Presence of a nucleus • Membrane-bound internal compartments • Larger cell size • Sexual reproduction • Multicellular (not all are though)

  4. Eukaryotes Have Subcellular Compartmentalization and Larger Cells • Eukaryotic DNA is in a nucleus • Increased complexity allows eukaryotes to function with greater efficiency • Eukaryotes are thousands of times larger in volume than prokaryotes

  5. Sexual Reproduction Increases Genetic Diversity • Sexual reproduction increases genetic diversity by producing offspring that are different from each other and from both parents.

  6. Protista: The First Eukaryotes

  7. Protista: The First Eukaryotes • The protistsinclude any organism that do not fit into the other kingdom classifications • simple organization • No specialized tissues • Single cellular • Mobile- flagella, cilia, or pseudopodia

  8. Protista: The First Eukaryotes • Live in almost any environment that contains liquid water • Many protists, such as the algae, are photosynthetic

  9. Protists are Autotrophs, Heterotrophs, or Mixotrophs • What is an autotroph? What is a producer? • What is an heterotroph? What is a consumer? • What is an mixotrophs?

  10. Protists are Autotrophs, Heterotrophs, or Mixotrophs • Algae are autotrophic producers that use energy from sunlight to carry out photosynthesis and release oxygen gas as a by-product

  11. Protists are Autotrophs, Heterotrophs, or Mixotrophs • Heterotrophic protists rely on other organisms for energy

  12. Protists are Autotrophs, Heterotrophs, or Mixotrophs • Mixotrophs obtain energy from a variety of sources, depending on environmental conditions • Photosynthesize in light • Hunt in dark Euglena viridis

  13. Some Protists Are Pathogens • Some of the best-known protists are disease-causing pathogens • Malaria --- Giardia

  14. Fungi: A World of Decomposers

  15. Fungi • Fungal cells have a protective cell wall that can produce chitin to help protect the cell • Fungi can be multicellular or single-celled species • DNA comparisons show that fungi are more closely related to humans than to plants!

  16. Fungi • Fungi can be multicellular or single-celled species • The body of a multicellular fungus is called the mycelium and is made up of many mycelial strands of hyphae

  17. Fungi Play a Key Role as Decomposers • Fungi are heterotrophs that decompose organic materials • Fungi are the most important decomposers on land

  18. Fungi Can be Dangerous Parasites • Parasitic fungi grow on the tissue of living organisms Ring “worm” Athlete's Foot Yeast

  19. Lichens and Mycorrhizae: Collaborations between Kingdoms • Symbiosis is the process of two organisms working together in close association • Fungi have formed beneficial relationships with members of almost every kingdom

  20. Lichens Contain a Fungus and a Photosynthetic Microbe • A lichen is a positive association between: • a photosynthetic microbe (algae or cyanobacteria) and a fungus • Lichens are pioneers of barren environments, helping to facilitate soil formation

  21. Mycorrhizae are Beneficial Associations between a Fungus and the Plant Root • Mycorrhizaeare beneficial associations between a fungus and the plant root • Plant gets more water with Mycorrhizae • Mycorrhizae gets sugars from plant

  22. Plantae

  23. Plantae • Plants are multicellular autotrophs that use specialized organelles called chloroplasts to carry out photosynthesis

  24. Plantae • Bryophytes • earliest land plants • mosses, liverwort, and hornwort • Gymnosperms • conifers • Angiosperms • flowering plants

  25. Plants Had to Adapt to Life on Land • In order to evolve on land, plants developed a waxy cuticle that prevents them from drying out

  26. Plants Had to Adapt to Life on Land • Stomata are pores that open and close to allow the carbon dioxide needed for photosynthesis to enter the leaves

  27. Plants: Vascular System • Vascular tissue: • Phloem • Transports food molecules like sugar • Flows down • Xylem • transports water and dissolved nutrients • Flows up

  28. Male Cone Gymnosperms • Gymnosperms were the first plants to evolve pollen and seeds • The evolution of seeds contributed to their success • Pollen • contains sperm cells • dry and powdery • produced in great quantities • Seed • plant embryo and a short supply of food encased in a protective seed coat Female Cone

  29. Angiosperms • Angiospermsproduce flowers and fruit • Most abundant and diverse group of plants • Contain both male and female structures • Bright petals, odors, and sugary nectar are used to attract pollinators

  30. Plants Are the Basis of Land Ecosystems and Provide Many Valuable Products • Nearly all organisms on land depend on plants for food

  31. Plants • Plants have value when left in nature as well • Preventing runoff and erosion • Recycle carbon dioxide from the atmosphere • Produce oxygen to breath

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