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Chapter 8 part 2. Processes of Evolution. Fig. 18-5a, p. 282. Fig. 18-5b, p. 282. Fig. 18-5c, p. 282. Predation and Peppered Moths. Predation and Rock-Pocket Mice. In rock-pocket mice, two alleles of a single gene control coat color
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Chapter 8 part 2 Processes of Evolution
Predation and Rock-Pocket Mice • In rock-pocket mice, two alleles of a single gene control coat color • Night-flying owls are the selective pressure that directionally shifts the allele frequency
Stabilizing Selection Number of individuals in population Time 1 Range of values for the trait Time 2 Time 3 Stepped Art Fig. 18-8, p. 284
Evidence of Evolution • Biogeography • Fossils/geology • Anatomy • Homologous structures • Analogous structures • embryos • Vestigial structures • Genetics • Biochemistry
Geography Marsupials evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/lines/IVCexperiments.shtml en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kangaroo_and_joey03.jpg
A 420 mya B 237 mya C 152 mya D 65.5 mya E 14 mya Fig. 17-17, p. 273
About Fossils • Fossils are remnants or traces of organisms that lived in the past • give us clues about evolutionary relationships • The fossil record will always be incomplete
Fossils Remains of bones, teeth, shells, seeds, spores, or other body parts Trace fossils Evidence of an organism’s activities (nests, trails, footprints, burrows, bore holes, eggshells, feces) Fossils
Transitional fossils • Many fossils show a clear transition from one species, or group, to another. Archaeopteryx http://chem.tufts.edu/science/evolution/horseevolution.htm http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-transitional/part2a.html http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/lines_03 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/home.php
Dating Pieces of the Puzzle • Radiometric dating • Ex: uranium 238 →lead 206 • Half-life • time it takes for half of a radioisotope’s atoms to decay into a daughter element
parent isotope newly formed rock daughter isotope after one half-life after two half-lives Stepped Art Fig. 17-11, p. 268
Homologous structures Similar body parts that reflect shared ancestry The same genes direct their development Anatomy- comparative morphology
Analogous structures • Body parts that evolved independently in separate lineages in response to the same environmental pressure
As evolution progresses, some structures get side-lined as they are not longer of use. Vestigial Structures coccyx limb bud Fig. 17-3, p. 261
Anatomy-embryos • Embryos of many vertebrate species develop in similar ways
Antibiotic resistance Staphylococcus • This is an example of natural selection in action. The antibiotic acts as an environmental pressure.
Biochemistry DNA for Information Transfer ATP for Energy Transfer
Similar Genes HUMAN CCAAGGTCACGACTACTCCAATTGTCACAACTGTTCCAACCGTCACGACTGTTGAACGA CHIMPANZEE CCAAGGTCACGACTACTCCAATTGTCACAACTGTTCCAACCGTCATGACTGTTGAACGA GORILLA CCAAGGTCACAACTACTCCAATTGTCACAACTGTTCCAACCGTCACGACTGTTGAACGA Genetic code of chimps and gorillas is almost identical to humans
A Whale of a Story • New fossil discoveries are continually filling the gaps in our understanding of the ancient history of many lineages
Reproductive Isolation • Speciation • Evolutionary process by which new species form • Biological species concept- species are populations of organisms that interbreed under natural conditions
The Inviting Archipelagos A A few individuals of a mainland species reach isolated island 1. In the new habitat, populations of their descendants diverge, and speciation occurs. B Later, a few individuals of a new species colonize nearby island 2. Speciation follows genetic divergence in the new habitat. C Genetically different descendants of the ancestral species may colonize islands 3 and 4 or even invade island 1. Genetic divergence and speciation may follow. Fig. 18-21a, p. 293