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Evolution, Darwin, & Natural Selection

Explore Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection, Lamarck's ideas, population genetics, mechanisms of microevolution, coevolution, & convergent evolution. Learn how species evolve over time and adapt to their environment.

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Evolution, Darwin, & Natural Selection

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  1. Evolution,Darwin, & Natural Selection

  2. Evolution The processes that have transformed life on earth from it’s earliest forms to the vast diversity that characterizes it today. A change in the genotypic ratio of a population.

  3. Old Theories of Evolution Jean Baptiste Lamarck proposed the inheritance of acquired characteristics. By using or not using its body parts, an individual develops certain traits, which it passes on to its offspring.

  4. Charles Darwin Darwin set sail on the H.M.S. Beagle to collect plants and animals. On the Galapagos Islands, Darwin was able to observe species that lived nowhere else in the world.

  5. Charles Darwin Published “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection” after twenty years of deliberation in 1859. Two main points: 1. Species were not created in their present form, but evolved from ancestral species. 2. Proposed a mechanism for evolution: natural selection.

  6. Natural Selection Individuals with favorable traits are more likely to leave more offspring better suited for their environment. Example: the English peppered moth

  7. Darwin’s 5 points • Populations already have naturally occurring variations. • Some variations are favorable. • More offspring are produced than survive • Those that survive have favorable traits. • A population will change over time.

  8. Population Genetics The science of genetic change in a population. Remember the Hardy-Weinberg theory (gene frequencies in a population will remain the same unless outside forces influence them).

  9. Population A localized group of individuals belonging to the same species.

  10. Species A group of populations whose individuals have the potential to interbreed and produce viable offspring.

  11. Gene Pool The total collection of genes in a population at any one time.

  12. Hardy-Weinberg Theory The concept that the mixing of genes that occurs during sexual reproduction, by itself, cannot change the overall genetic makeup of a population.

  13. Microevolution A change in a population’s gene pool over a series of generations. Evolutionary changes in species over relatively brief periods of geological time.

  14. Five Mechanisms of Microevolution 1. Genetic drift The change in the gene pool of a small population due to chance. Example: The Founder Effect

  15. Five Mechanisms of Microevolution 2. Gene Flow The gain or loss of alleles from a population by the movement of individuals or gametes. Examples: Immigration or emigration.

  16. Five Mechanisms of Microevolution 3. Mutation: Change in an organism’s DNA that creates a new allele. 4. Non-random mating: The selection of mates other than by chance. 5. Natural selection

  17. Modes of Action Natural selection has three modes of action: 1. Stabilizing selection 2. Directional selection 3. Disruptive selection

  18. Number of Individuals Small Large Size of individuals Normal population

  19. Number of Individuals Small Large Size of individuals 1. Stabilizing Selection Acts upon extremes and favors the intermediate.

  20. Number of Individuals Small Large Size of individuals 2. Directional Selection Favors variants of one extreme.

  21. Number of Individuals Small Large Size of individuals 3. Disruptive Selection Favors variants of opposite extremes.

  22. Convergent Evolution • Species from different evolutionary branches may come to resemble one another if they live in very similar environments. • Example: 1. Ostrich (Africa) and Emu (Australia). 2. Sidewinder (Mojave Desert) and Horned Viper (Middle East Desert)

  23. Coevolution • Evolutionary change, in which one species act as a selective force on a second species, inducing adaptations that in turn act as selective force on the first species. • Example: 1. Hummingbirds and plants with flowers with long tubes

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