Through the process of evolution, few species of reptiles were transformed into modern birds.
This ppt describes about the similarities between reptiles and modern birds.
ORIGIN OF CHORDATES
Animal kingdom is basically divided into two sub kingdoms:
Non-chordata- including animals without notochord.
Chordata- This comprising animals having notochord or chorda dorsalis.
Chordates were evolved sometime 500 million years ago during Cambrian period (invertebrates were also began to evolve in this period) .
Chamberlain (1900) pointed out that all modern chordates possess glomerular kidneys that are designed to remove excess water from body.
It is believed that Chordates have originated from invertebrates.
It is difficult to determine from which invertebrate group the chordates were developed.
Chordate ancestors were soft bodied animals. Hence they were not preserved as Fossils.
However, early fossils of chordates have all been recovered from marine sediments and even modern protochordates are all marine forms.
Also glomerular kidneys are also found in some marine forms such as myxinoids and sharks. That makes the marine origin of chordates more believable.
Chordates evolved from some deuterostome ancestor (echinoderms, hemichordates, pogonophorans etc.) as they have similarities in embryonic development, type of coelom and larval stages.
Many theories infers origin of chordates, hemichordates and echinoderms from a common ancestor.
Introduction
Ostracoderms (shell-skinned) are of several groups of extinct, primitive, jawless fishes that were covered in an armour of bony plates.
They appeared in the Cambrian, about 510 million years ago, and became extinct towards the end of the Devonian, about 377 million years ago. They were quite abundant during the upper Silurian and Devonian periods. Most of fossils of Ostracodermi were preserved in the bottom sediments of freshwater streams.
However, the opinion is sharply divided as to whether their habitat was freshwater or marine.
The first fossil fishes that were discovered were ostracoderms.
The Swiss anatomist Louis Agassiz received some fossils of bony armored fish from Scotland in the 1830s.
The ostracoderms resembled the present day cyclostomes (lampreys and hagfishes) in many respects and together with them constitute a special group of jawless vertebrates, the Agnatha.
Characteristics: They use gills exclusively for respiration but not for feeding . Earlier chordates with gills used them for both respiration and feeding. Ostracoderms had separate pharyngeal gill pouches along the side of the head, which were permanently open with no protective operculum. mostly small to medium-sized fishes, protected by a heavy, bony dermal (derived from skin) armor. bottom-dwellers; filter-feeders or grazers. no paired fins, but many with stabilizing paired flaps on either side of head.
(1) Ostracoderms were the first vertebrates.
(2) They were popularly called armoured fishes.
(4) They lived in freshwater.
(5) They were bottom dwellers.
(6) Their body was fish-like and did not exceed 30 cm in size.
(7) Paired fins were absent.
(8) Median and caudal fins were present.
(9) The caudal fin was of heterocercal type.
(10) The head and thorax were covered by heavy armour of bones. It protected ostracoderms from the giant scorpion like arthropods, eurypterids.
(11) Bony skull was well developed.
(12) Mouth was mostly present on the ventral side.
(13) They were having large number of gill slits.
(14) The nervous system had 10 pairs of cranial nerves.
(15) The head had a pair of lateral eyes, and a median pineal eye.
(16) They were filter feeders, feeding like a vacuum cleaner.
(17) The endoskeleton was either bony or cartilaginous.
Taxonomic Collections, Preservation and Curating of InsectsKamlesh Patel
Taxonomy: Taxonomy is the science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics.
The classification of organisms is according to hierarchal system or in taxonomic ranks (eg; domain, kingdom, phylum class, order, family, genus and species) based on phylogenetic relationship established by genetic analysis.
Taxonomic Collection : Biological collection are typically preserved plant or animals specimens along with specimen documentations such as labels and notations.
Dry Collection - Dry collections consist of those specimens that are preserved in a dry state.
Wet Collection - Wet collections are specimens kept in a liquid preservative to prevent their deterioration.
ORIGIN OF CHORDATES
Animal kingdom is basically divided into two sub kingdoms:
Non-chordata- including animals without notochord.
Chordata- This comprising animals having notochord or chorda dorsalis.
Chordates were evolved sometime 500 million years ago during Cambrian period (invertebrates were also began to evolve in this period) .
Chamberlain (1900) pointed out that all modern chordates possess glomerular kidneys that are designed to remove excess water from body.
It is believed that Chordates have originated from invertebrates.
It is difficult to determine from which invertebrate group the chordates were developed.
Chordate ancestors were soft bodied animals. Hence they were not preserved as Fossils.
However, early fossils of chordates have all been recovered from marine sediments and even modern protochordates are all marine forms.
Also glomerular kidneys are also found in some marine forms such as myxinoids and sharks. That makes the marine origin of chordates more believable.
Chordates evolved from some deuterostome ancestor (echinoderms, hemichordates, pogonophorans etc.) as they have similarities in embryonic development, type of coelom and larval stages.
Many theories infers origin of chordates, hemichordates and echinoderms from a common ancestor.
Introduction
Ostracoderms (shell-skinned) are of several groups of extinct, primitive, jawless fishes that were covered in an armour of bony plates.
They appeared in the Cambrian, about 510 million years ago, and became extinct towards the end of the Devonian, about 377 million years ago. They were quite abundant during the upper Silurian and Devonian periods. Most of fossils of Ostracodermi were preserved in the bottom sediments of freshwater streams.
However, the opinion is sharply divided as to whether their habitat was freshwater or marine.
The first fossil fishes that were discovered were ostracoderms.
The Swiss anatomist Louis Agassiz received some fossils of bony armored fish from Scotland in the 1830s.
The ostracoderms resembled the present day cyclostomes (lampreys and hagfishes) in many respects and together with them constitute a special group of jawless vertebrates, the Agnatha.
Characteristics: They use gills exclusively for respiration but not for feeding . Earlier chordates with gills used them for both respiration and feeding. Ostracoderms had separate pharyngeal gill pouches along the side of the head, which were permanently open with no protective operculum. mostly small to medium-sized fishes, protected by a heavy, bony dermal (derived from skin) armor. bottom-dwellers; filter-feeders or grazers. no paired fins, but many with stabilizing paired flaps on either side of head.
(1) Ostracoderms were the first vertebrates.
(2) They were popularly called armoured fishes.
(4) They lived in freshwater.
(5) They were bottom dwellers.
(6) Their body was fish-like and did not exceed 30 cm in size.
(7) Paired fins were absent.
(8) Median and caudal fins were present.
(9) The caudal fin was of heterocercal type.
(10) The head and thorax were covered by heavy armour of bones. It protected ostracoderms from the giant scorpion like arthropods, eurypterids.
(11) Bony skull was well developed.
(12) Mouth was mostly present on the ventral side.
(13) They were having large number of gill slits.
(14) The nervous system had 10 pairs of cranial nerves.
(15) The head had a pair of lateral eyes, and a median pineal eye.
(16) They were filter feeders, feeding like a vacuum cleaner.
(17) The endoskeleton was either bony or cartilaginous.
Taxonomic Collections, Preservation and Curating of InsectsKamlesh Patel
Taxonomy: Taxonomy is the science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics.
The classification of organisms is according to hierarchal system or in taxonomic ranks (eg; domain, kingdom, phylum class, order, family, genus and species) based on phylogenetic relationship established by genetic analysis.
Taxonomic Collection : Biological collection are typically preserved plant or animals specimens along with specimen documentations such as labels and notations.
Dry Collection - Dry collections consist of those specimens that are preserved in a dry state.
Wet Collection - Wet collections are specimens kept in a liquid preservative to prevent their deterioration.
INTRODUCTION
The term urogenital refers to something that has both urinary and genital origins. The word urogenital is used because the urinary and reproductive systems in males merge.
These are grouped together because of their proximity to each other, their common embryological origin and the use of common pathways (ex. urethra).
Kidneys and urinary ducts form the urinary system.
The Urinary system performs two important homeostatic processes like excretion and osmoregulation. This system is intimately associated both anatomically, and in terms of embryonic origin with the genital system.
The genital system includes the gonads which generate gametes and the genital ducts that serve as passages for the gametes.
Though functionally different the two organ systems the urinary and the genital system are treated together as the urino- genital system, since both develop from the same segmental blocks of trunk mesoderm or adjacent tissues and share many of the ducts.
Thus although the two systems have nothing common functionally they are closely associated in their use of common ducts and are studied under the broad heading of urinogenital system.
The function of the excretory system is crucial in considering the possible environment of the ‘vertebrate life ’. Several main functions can be attributed to all vertebrate excretory systems:
Excretion of nitrogenous waste products.
Maintaining homeostasis with regard to ions (i.e. salt balance).
Regaining valuable substances (glucose, salts, amino acids, etc.)
Maintaining a physiological osmotic value (i.e. water balance).
The excretory system is formed by a series of paired, segmental nephrons that begin with a nephrostome opening into the coelomic cavity.
A pair of glomeruli per segment, supplied by branches from the aorta, projects into the coelomic cavity close to these nephrostomes.
At a later stage of development, the glomerulus/nephrostome area becomes separated from the rest of the coelomic cavity by an epithelial fold.
The nephrons connect to a duct that is formed by caudal growth of the most anterior nephric tubules. These paired urinary ducts open near the anal region.
The main function of gills is respiration...In gills, there are many hair like projections called gill filaments..in gill filaments, there are number of lamella, from transfer of gases and water occur..
The chordates are named for the notochord: a flexible, rod-shaped structure that is found in the embryonic stage of all chordates and also in the adult stage of some chordate species.
It is located between the digestive tube and the nerve cord, providing skeletal support through the length of the body.
In some chordates, the notochord acts as the primary axial support of the body throughout the animal's lifetime.
INTRODUCTION
The jaw (Upper and lower) is any opposable articulated structure at the entrance of the mouth.
It is typically used for grasping and manipulating food.
Jaw suspension means the fusion of upper jaw and lower jaw or skull for efficient biting.
There are different ways in which these attachments are attained depending upon the modifications in visceral arches in vertebrates.
In most vertebrates, the jaws are bony or cartilaginous and oppose vertically.
The vertebrate jaw is derived from the most anterior two pharyngeal arches supporting the gills, and usually bears numerous teeth.
The vertebrate jaw probably originally evolved in the Silurian period and appeared in the Placoderm fish which further diversified in the Devonian.
It is believed that the hyoid system suspends the jaw from the brain case of the skull, permitting great mobility of the jaws.
The original selective advantage offered by the jaw may not be related to feeding, but rather to increased respiration efficiency.
The jaws were used in the buccal pump (observable in modern fish and amphibians) that pumps water across the gills of fish or air into the lungs in the case of amphibians.
Over evolutionary time the more familiar use of jaws (to humans), in feeding, was selected for and became a very important function in vertebrates. Many teleost fish have substantially modified jaws for suction feeding and jaw protrusion, resulting in highly complex jaws with dozens of bones involved.
Jaw Suspension or Suspensoria:
The method by which the upper and lower jaws are suspended or attached from the chondrocranium is known as jaw suspension or suspensorium.
Amongst the visceral arches, the first (mandibular) arch consists of
= a dorsal palato pterygoquadrate bar forming the upper jaw,
= and ventral Meckel’s cartilage forms the lower jaw.
The second (hyoid) arch consists of = a dorsal hyomandibular supporting and suspending the jaws with the cranium, and a ventral hyoid.
The remaining visceral arches support the gills and are, hence, called branchial arches. Thus, splanchnocranium forms the jaws and suspends them with the chondrocranium.
Osmoregulation is the process of maintaining salt and water balance (osmotic balance) across membranes within the body. The fluids inside and surrounding cells are composed of water, electrolytes, and nonelectrolytes. An electrolyte is a compound that dissociates into ions when dissolved in water.
ppt on flight adaptation
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Introduction
Gnathostomata are the jawed vertebrates. (gnathos= "jaw" + (stoma)="mouth".
It comprises roughly 60,000 species. (99% of all living vertebrates).
Living gnathostomes have teeth, and paired appendages.
A horizontal semicircular canal is present in the inner ear.
Myelin sheaths is present on the neurons.
Adaptive immune system uses V(D) J recombination ( it is the mechanism of somatic recombination that occurs only in developing lymphocytes during the early stages of T and B cell maturation. VDJ recombination is the process by which T cells and B cells randomly assemble different gene segments – known as variable (V), diversity (D) and joining (J) genes – in order to generate unique receptors (known as antigen receptors) that can collectively recognize many different types of molecule. While Agnatha (petromyzon and hagfish) use genetic recombination in the variable lymphocyte receptor gene.
It is now assumed that Gnathostomata evolved from ancestors that already possessed a pair of both pectoral and pelvic fins.
In addition to this, some placoderms were shown to have a third pair of paired appendages, that had been modified to claspers in males and basal plates in females—a pattern not seen in any other vertebrate group.
It is believed that the jaws evolved from anterior gill support arches that had acquired a new role, being modified to pump water over the gills by opening and closing the mouth more effectively – the buccal pump mechanism.
Presence of Calcified, bony skull and vertebra are the characteristic features of Gnathostomata (fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals).
Pelvic fins are situated just in front of the anus.
Interventrals and basiventrals present in the backbone. These are the elements of the backbone which lie under the notochord, and match the basidorsals and interdorsals respectively.
Gill arches which lie internally to the gills and branchial blood vessels, contrary to the gill arches of all jawless craniates, which are external to the gills and blood vessels.
A horizontal semicircular canal in the inner ear.
Paired nasal sacs which are independent from the hypophysial tube.
There are numerous other characteristics of the soft anatomy and physiology (e.g. myelinated nerve fibres, sperms passing through urinary ducts, etc.), which are unique to the gnathostomes among extant craniates, but cannot by observed in fossils.
All birds are in the Animalia Kingdom, Phylum of Chordata (with a backbone), and Class Aves (birds). At the Order level, the birds begin to diverge. For instance, the pelicans are in the Pelecaniformes Order while the nuthatches are in the Passeriformes Order.
INTRODUCTION
The term urogenital refers to something that has both urinary and genital origins. The word urogenital is used because the urinary and reproductive systems in males merge.
These are grouped together because of their proximity to each other, their common embryological origin and the use of common pathways (ex. urethra).
Kidneys and urinary ducts form the urinary system.
The Urinary system performs two important homeostatic processes like excretion and osmoregulation. This system is intimately associated both anatomically, and in terms of embryonic origin with the genital system.
The genital system includes the gonads which generate gametes and the genital ducts that serve as passages for the gametes.
Though functionally different the two organ systems the urinary and the genital system are treated together as the urino- genital system, since both develop from the same segmental blocks of trunk mesoderm or adjacent tissues and share many of the ducts.
Thus although the two systems have nothing common functionally they are closely associated in their use of common ducts and are studied under the broad heading of urinogenital system.
The function of the excretory system is crucial in considering the possible environment of the ‘vertebrate life ’. Several main functions can be attributed to all vertebrate excretory systems:
Excretion of nitrogenous waste products.
Maintaining homeostasis with regard to ions (i.e. salt balance).
Regaining valuable substances (glucose, salts, amino acids, etc.)
Maintaining a physiological osmotic value (i.e. water balance).
The excretory system is formed by a series of paired, segmental nephrons that begin with a nephrostome opening into the coelomic cavity.
A pair of glomeruli per segment, supplied by branches from the aorta, projects into the coelomic cavity close to these nephrostomes.
At a later stage of development, the glomerulus/nephrostome area becomes separated from the rest of the coelomic cavity by an epithelial fold.
The nephrons connect to a duct that is formed by caudal growth of the most anterior nephric tubules. These paired urinary ducts open near the anal region.
The main function of gills is respiration...In gills, there are many hair like projections called gill filaments..in gill filaments, there are number of lamella, from transfer of gases and water occur..
The chordates are named for the notochord: a flexible, rod-shaped structure that is found in the embryonic stage of all chordates and also in the adult stage of some chordate species.
It is located between the digestive tube and the nerve cord, providing skeletal support through the length of the body.
In some chordates, the notochord acts as the primary axial support of the body throughout the animal's lifetime.
INTRODUCTION
The jaw (Upper and lower) is any opposable articulated structure at the entrance of the mouth.
It is typically used for grasping and manipulating food.
Jaw suspension means the fusion of upper jaw and lower jaw or skull for efficient biting.
There are different ways in which these attachments are attained depending upon the modifications in visceral arches in vertebrates.
In most vertebrates, the jaws are bony or cartilaginous and oppose vertically.
The vertebrate jaw is derived from the most anterior two pharyngeal arches supporting the gills, and usually bears numerous teeth.
The vertebrate jaw probably originally evolved in the Silurian period and appeared in the Placoderm fish which further diversified in the Devonian.
It is believed that the hyoid system suspends the jaw from the brain case of the skull, permitting great mobility of the jaws.
The original selective advantage offered by the jaw may not be related to feeding, but rather to increased respiration efficiency.
The jaws were used in the buccal pump (observable in modern fish and amphibians) that pumps water across the gills of fish or air into the lungs in the case of amphibians.
Over evolutionary time the more familiar use of jaws (to humans), in feeding, was selected for and became a very important function in vertebrates. Many teleost fish have substantially modified jaws for suction feeding and jaw protrusion, resulting in highly complex jaws with dozens of bones involved.
Jaw Suspension or Suspensoria:
The method by which the upper and lower jaws are suspended or attached from the chondrocranium is known as jaw suspension or suspensorium.
Amongst the visceral arches, the first (mandibular) arch consists of
= a dorsal palato pterygoquadrate bar forming the upper jaw,
= and ventral Meckel’s cartilage forms the lower jaw.
The second (hyoid) arch consists of = a dorsal hyomandibular supporting and suspending the jaws with the cranium, and a ventral hyoid.
The remaining visceral arches support the gills and are, hence, called branchial arches. Thus, splanchnocranium forms the jaws and suspends them with the chondrocranium.
Osmoregulation is the process of maintaining salt and water balance (osmotic balance) across membranes within the body. The fluids inside and surrounding cells are composed of water, electrolytes, and nonelectrolytes. An electrolyte is a compound that dissociates into ions when dissolved in water.
ppt on flight adaptation
a well prepared ppt on the topic of bird's flight adaptation.
a good collaboration of knowledge on this topic , hope all of you like this
plz like and share if you like it
Introduction
Gnathostomata are the jawed vertebrates. (gnathos= "jaw" + (stoma)="mouth".
It comprises roughly 60,000 species. (99% of all living vertebrates).
Living gnathostomes have teeth, and paired appendages.
A horizontal semicircular canal is present in the inner ear.
Myelin sheaths is present on the neurons.
Adaptive immune system uses V(D) J recombination ( it is the mechanism of somatic recombination that occurs only in developing lymphocytes during the early stages of T and B cell maturation. VDJ recombination is the process by which T cells and B cells randomly assemble different gene segments – known as variable (V), diversity (D) and joining (J) genes – in order to generate unique receptors (known as antigen receptors) that can collectively recognize many different types of molecule. While Agnatha (petromyzon and hagfish) use genetic recombination in the variable lymphocyte receptor gene.
It is now assumed that Gnathostomata evolved from ancestors that already possessed a pair of both pectoral and pelvic fins.
In addition to this, some placoderms were shown to have a third pair of paired appendages, that had been modified to claspers in males and basal plates in females—a pattern not seen in any other vertebrate group.
It is believed that the jaws evolved from anterior gill support arches that had acquired a new role, being modified to pump water over the gills by opening and closing the mouth more effectively – the buccal pump mechanism.
Presence of Calcified, bony skull and vertebra are the characteristic features of Gnathostomata (fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals).
Pelvic fins are situated just in front of the anus.
Interventrals and basiventrals present in the backbone. These are the elements of the backbone which lie under the notochord, and match the basidorsals and interdorsals respectively.
Gill arches which lie internally to the gills and branchial blood vessels, contrary to the gill arches of all jawless craniates, which are external to the gills and blood vessels.
A horizontal semicircular canal in the inner ear.
Paired nasal sacs which are independent from the hypophysial tube.
There are numerous other characteristics of the soft anatomy and physiology (e.g. myelinated nerve fibres, sperms passing through urinary ducts, etc.), which are unique to the gnathostomes among extant craniates, but cannot by observed in fossils.
All birds are in the Animalia Kingdom, Phylum of Chordata (with a backbone), and Class Aves (birds). At the Order level, the birds begin to diverge. For instance, the pelicans are in the Pelecaniformes Order while the nuthatches are in the Passeriformes Order.
This Power Point Presentation is based upon Aves, which is the scientific name of Birds. Many of the pictures used in this Power Point Presentation is animated. Hope this Presentation proves to be helpful for you.
A basic look at how animals move in their environments. Arthropods, Chordates, and Cephalopods have all adapted certain characteristics that allow them to move freely in their environment. We review the structures and abilities that make these animals successful whether it be wing design, jet propulsion, or a hydraulic mechanism, to capture prey, make love, or evade predators.
El Niño is a naturally occurring event in the equatorial region which causes temporary changes in the world climate.
Originally, El Niño was the name used for warmer than normal sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America.
Now, El Niño has come to refer to a whole complex of Pacific Ocean sea-surface temperature changes and global weather events.
The ocean warming off South America is just one of these events.
Fungal Transformation in yeast and filamentous fungi
Introduction to Fungi
Background of fungal transformation
Transformation protocol
Transformation vectors
Integration into chromosomes
Biological applications of fungi
Conclusion
References
Immobilization of enzymes refers to the technique of confining/anchoring the enzymes in or on an inert support for their stability & functional reuse.
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lobsters and crab fisheries in INDIA is a vast and enormous amount of catch and exports are being made.
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seawater is life to many organisms and plants.
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RAPD markers are decamer DNA fragments.
RAPD is a type of PCR reaction.
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Bacterias are fermented in optimal growth conditions in labs and at commercial places to extract various drugs and useful proteins which are genetically engineered or are present inside the bacterias.
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Unstable isotopes are called Radioisotopes.
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2. Class Aves – Birds
Birds (class Aves) are
archosaurs but almost every
feature of their reptilian anatomy
has undergone modification in
their adaptation to flight.
3. Classification
The first classification of birds
was developed by Francis
Willoughby and John Ray in
their 1676
Most taxonomist classify the
nearly 9,000 species of Class
Aves into 27 orders
To classify birds into orders and
families taxonomists most often
use morphological evidence
from beaks, feet, plumage, bone
structure, and musculature.
4. Characteristics
Feathers- composed of keratin, essential for flight, insulate
body
Wings- modified forelimbs, covered by feathers
Lightweight, rigid skeleton- bones are thin & hollow
Endothermic metabolism- high body temperature
Unique respiratory system- rapid metabolism, lungs
connected to air sacs, oxygen-rich
Beak- no teeth, horny sheath made of keratin
Oviparity- lay amniotic eggs- eggs are incubated by both
parents
5. Bird evolution
• Birds arose in the Jurassic period
• Birds evolved from reptiles.
• Thomas H. Huxley: Birds are
“merely glorified reptiles”.
• J.Z. Young described birds as
‘Masters of air’.
6. Birds and Reptile Homologies
Scales- birds’ feet.
Yolked, polar eggs
Nucleated red blood cells. In mammals the red
blood cells lack nuclei.
A single middle ear bone: the stapes. Mammals
have three.
The lower jaws (mandibles) have five or six bones
on each side.
8. Archaeopteryx
• Fossil found in Bavaria in 1861
dated at 135 to 155 mya.
• Clearly showed: Wing bones,
Flight feathers, Pairs of feathers
attached to each vertebra of the
tail
• Immensely important for the
theory of evolution.
– Found only two years after
Darwin published Origin of
Species (1859)
9. Archaeopteryx
Archaeopteryx was a crow-sized, bipedal “reptile” with a blunt
snout and many small, reptilian teeth.
– Feathers on wings and tail
– A strong-running terrestrial “bird” that could leap into
trees, jump among branches and make short flights.
– Capable of gliding, not long sustained flight.
– Strong, curved claws, like those of perching birds.
– Could not launch from the ground because it lacked the
principal muscles that lift the wing rapidly in the recovery
stroke.
– Vanes were asymmetrical, like that of strong fliers.
11. Evolution of Flight
Two Competing Theories
1. Arboreal Theory- Started from trees
down
2. Cursorial Theory- Started from
ground up
12. The Arboreal Theory
originally proposed in
1880 by Othniel C. Marsh
suggest that the ancestors
of Archaeopteryx lived in
trees and glided into
flapping flight.
13. Arboreal Theory
Evolution of flight started with the
parachuting and gliding from elevated
perches.
The extensions of the bones of the forelimb
enhanced by elongated (flight) feathers
enabled the ancestors of Archaeopteryx to
parachute and glide between trees.
The favored theory for many years.
14. The Cursorial Theory
Proposed by Samuel Wendell
Williston in 1879
It states that “Flight evolved in
running bipeds through a
series of short jumps”
15. Cursorial Theory
suggest that these ancestors used their long, powerful
legs to run fast with their arms outstretched, and were
at some point lifted up by air currents and carried into
flapping flight
As the length of the jumps extended, the wings were
used not only for thrust but also for stability, and
eventually eliminated the gliding intermediate.
Flight would be a logical extension of the first small
jumps by this little dinosaur.
17. What were the changes that
lead to the glorification of birds
over reptiles ?
18. Amazing Physiology
Higher metabolism & temperature regulation
Red fibers of avian flight muscles have an extraordinary
capacity for sustained work.
– can also produce heat by shivering.
Endothermy
To help conserve body heat, birds fluff out there
feathers to insulation.
– Enables birds to inhabit both cold and hot climate
19. Incredible Circulatory & Respiratory
Systems
The highly adapted respiratory system of birds is adapted
for the high metabolic demands of flight.
Circulatory system is also well developed with complete
separation of oxygenated & Deoxygenated blood.
20. Circulatory System
Birds have a four-chambered heart.
– Separate systemic and respiratory circulations.
Fast heartbeat – faster in smaller birds.
– Hummingbird-600 times a minute
Red blood cells are nucleated and biconvex.
– Mammals are enucleated and biconcave.
21. Respiratory System
Air follows a one way journey.
Do not have Diaphragm.
– Allows birds to fly at high altitude
– The finest branches of the bronchi are
developed as tubelike parabronchi
through which air can flow continuously
– instead of ending in saclike alveoli as
in mammals.
– The result is that there is an almost
continuous stream of oxygenated air
passing through the highly vascularized
parabronchi.
– Air flows - posterior air sacs - to the
lung - anterior air sacs and out.
22. Bird Brains
Large well, developed brains 6 to
11 times larger than that of
similarly sized reptiles
• Bird brains exhibit functional
lateralization, with left
hemispheric dominance
associated with learning and
innovation in vocal repertoires.
23. Bird Neural Systems
Highly developed neural systems and acute senses
mediate feats of communication and navigation.
• Birds (esp. song birds) have the greatest sound-
producing capabilities of all vertebrates.
• Birds can navigate using patterns of the Earth’s
magnetism, celestial cues, and perhaps polarized
light.
• Birds can see into the near-ultraviolet and can hear
infrasound's-sounds below the range of human
hearing.
24. Nervous System
Birds have well developed
cerebral hemispheres,
cerebellum (important for
coordinating movement &
balance), and optic lobes.
25. Reproduction
Much elaborate for mating purposes
behavior include nest building,
dancing, singing & colorful displays
Requires dedicated parental care.
Most birds form monogamous pairs,
though many engage in additional
sexual liaisons.
26. Skeleton
Modern birds are toothless.
– Instead they have a keratinized
beak.
Most birds have kinetic skulls.
– They have a wide gape.
– Upper jaw is attached loosely
increasing the gape.
27. Skeleton System
All birds that can fly have a
large, thin Heel on their
sternum that provides area
for the large flight muscles
to attach.
28. Skeleton
The sternum supports the large breast muscles
The humerus, ulna, and radius, along with the pectoral girdle
and the sternum, support the wing.
Bones are strong but hollow hence light weight filled with air
allowing increased respiration efficiency
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29. Efficient Digestive & Excretory
system
Digestive system has a Crop which stores food
The avian excretory system is also efficient and
light weight
30. Digestive and Excretory system
Food passes from the mouth cavity
straight to the esophagus.
Enlargement of the esophagus
called the crop stores and
moistens food.
In the first chamber, The
proventriculus, gastric
fluids begin breaking down the
food.
Then passes through the gizzard, a
muscular organ that kneads and
crushes the food
31. Excretory System
Urine is formed in large, paired metanephric kidneys.
Shows two specialization not found in reptiles
1- Uriniferous tubules are relatively longer
2- U-shaped piece called the loop of henle is usually inserted in
the middle.
– There is no urinary bladder.
– Nitrogenous wastes are secreted as uric acid rather than
urea.
– Bird kidneys can only concentrate solutes to 4-8 times that
of blood concentration.
32. Excretory System
Some birds, including
marine birds, have a salt
gland to help rid the body of
excess salts.
– Salt solution is excreted from
the nostrils.
33. Senses
Birds usually have poor sense of smell & taste.
– Some, carnivores, waterfowl, flightless birds have
well developed sense of smell & taste.
Birds have the keenest eyesight in the animal
kingdom and also very good hearing.
– A hawk can clearly see a crouching rabbit a mile
away!
34. Flight
To fly, birds must generate
lift forces greater than their
own mass and they must
provide propulsion to move
forward.
Bird wings are designed to
provide lift.
35. Flight - Wings are Specialized for
Particular Kinds of Flight
Elliptical wings are good for maneuvering in forests.
High speed wings are used by birds that feed during flight or that make long
migrations.
Dynamic soaring wings are used by oceanic birds that exploit the reliable
sea winds.
High lift wings are found in predators that carry heavy loads. Soaring over
land with variable air currents.
36. Migration
Many species of birds undergo
long migrations using well
established routes.
– Some species make the trip
quickly, others stop along the
way to feed.
– Often, they follow landmarks
such as rivers and coastlines.
37. Migration
Birds navigate using a number of cues:
– Visual cues – landmarks.
– Accurate sense of time.
– Some may use the Earth’s magnetic field.
– Celestial cues – sun by day, stars at night.
39. References
A Life of Vertebrate by J.Z.Young.
Riseof Birds by Dr. ShankarChatterjee.
http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/554notes2.html.
http://originoflight.bio54.html
scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/.../luis-chiappes-
glorified-dinosaurs/