ACC 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Monophyly, Strepsirrhini, Sperm Competition
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What is the superorder archonta? a subgroup of mammals. Hair, warm blooded= stable body temperature & high metabolic rate, Important mammalian adaptation=heterodonty (differentiated teeth) , produces milk to nurse young/ lactate ( mammary glands, birth live young. Arboreal theory: primate features are adapted for their life in trees (w. clark: comparative. Method: method used to test hypothesis about adaptation. looks for repeated association. The prehensile tail has evolved many times always in species that live near branching trees. Visual predation theory: primates are adapted to catching insects while in the trees. (m. cartmill) Be familiar with the synapomorphies and symplesiomorphies of the following primate groups and be able to organize these groups into some semblance of a taxonomy (see notes). synapomorphies - shared derived traits symplesiomorphies - shared ancestral trait. Strepsirhine - tooth comb, toilet claw, unfused mandible, unfused frotnal, gap between incisiors, wet nose.
