The list below summarizes the topics that will be covered on the cumulative portion of the final exam. The cumulative portion of the final exam will be worth 20-30 points. The rest of the final exam will be centered on the material covered in the last six weeks (starting with the Muscular System lecture and ending with the Conservation Biology lecture).

The final exam is worth 100 points and is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 14th from 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM.

Evolution

Definition of evolution
Evidence for evolution
Calculate allele frequencies given a problem.
Identify mechanisms of evolution at work (natural selection, genetic drift, gene flow, sexual selection, mutation)

Speciation

Species concept (morphological, DNA, biological species concepts)
Prezygotic and postzygotic barriers
Definition of allopatric and sympatric speciation

History of Life on Earth

Names, dates and order of all eons, eras and periods
Important events that occur in each eon, era and periods
Details of the 2 largest mass extinctions

Phylogenies and Systematics

Phylogenies (read and interpret a phylogeny)
Linnaean classification (order of Linnaean ranks)
Proper formatting of scientific names
Proper formatting of names of "higher" groups (Family and larger)

Animal Diversity

Three domains of life (characteristics of each; what differentiates one from the other)
Read and interpret phylogeny of Kingdom Animalia (Clade Metazoa)
Synapomorphies of each superphylum
Synapomorphies of each phylum

Chordate Diversity

Synapomorphies of Phylum Chordata
Read and interpret phylogeny of Phylum Chordata
Synapomorphies of each class within Subphylum Vertebrata

Organs Systems (Material on Exam 2)

Limitations to cell size
How is exchange accomplished in larger, more complex animals?
Feedback control mechanisms (how they operate)
Function of each organ system
Organs that make up each organ system