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Evolution. Content. 1. An introduction to evolution 2. Historical view (the evolutionary thinking) 3. Genetic variation 4. Mechanisms: the processes of evolution 5. Microevolution vs Macroevolution 6. Speciation 7. Issues on evolution. Evolution. Evolution = Change.
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Content 1. An introduction to evolution 2. Historical view (the evolutionary thinking) 3. Genetic variation 4. Mechanisms: the processes of evolution 5. Microevolution vs Macroevolution 6. Speciation 7. Issues on evolution
Evolution • Evolution= Change. • Biological Evolution= Change in the intrinsic qualities of life over time. • NOT progressive change. • What can change? Characteristics of species Number of species
Evolution • Microevolution= Change in the genetic qualities of populations within a species over time. • Macroevolution= Change in the number of species and the formation of groups of species. • Speciation = formation of species
Results of Evolution Anagenesis = change within a species lineage(number not increase) Cladogenesis = change and diversification
History: Early 1800’s • Natural Theology Discover God’s plan, study nature. • Essentialism=Organisms are imperfect reflections of perfect eternal “essences.” (invariant) • Natural groups reflect the essential groups in the mind of God.
History: Early 1800’s • Paleontology= study of fossils. • Fossil=preserved remnant of an organism that lived in the past Certain fossils only found in certain rock strata (layers). Some organisms are extinct! • Earth = VERY OLD • Sedimentary Rocks = layered rocks formed by settling particles.
youngest layer oldest layer Sedimentary Rocks & Fossils
Sedimentary Rocks & Fossils Dead Thing
Sedimentary Rocks & Fossils Fossil (Dead Thing)
Sedimentary Rocks & Fossils Fossil (Dead Thing)
Sedimentary Rocks & Fossils EROSION Fossil (Dead Thing)
Sedimentary Rocks & Fossils Fossil (Dead Thing)
Geologic Time Scale • Geologic scale based on the fossil record. (time divisions UNequal) • Eras =four largest time periods (Precambrian -->Paleozoic -->Mesozoic -->Cenozoic) • Periodssubdivide eras. • Mass Extinction = extinction of a large proportion of existing species. They separate many eras or periods.
Cenozoic extinction of dinosaurs first flowering plants Mesozoic first dinosaurs & mammals “fern” forests form coal Paleozoic first land plants & animals first vertebrates near present oxygen levels Precambrian Geologic Time Scale
Eons = hundreds of millions of years in duration(บรมยุค) Eras(มหายุค) Eons period(ยุค) epochs. Biostratigraphy: The organisation of sedimentary rocks into units on the basis of the fossils they contain
Mid-1800’s, Charles Darwin • Studied medicine & theology • Traveled on H. M. S. Beagle • Bred pigeons • The Origin of Species, 1859 • TWO big ideas Common Descent (old idea) Natural Selection (new idea)
Natural Selection • Mechanism of change within one species. (Proposed by Darwin.) • Microevolutionary process. • First evidence from plant and animal breeding by humans to create domestic forms.
Natural Selection • Populations can grow tremendously. • In nature, populations remain stable in size due to limited resources (K). • THEREFORE, there is a struggle to survive and reproduce within species. • Organisms vary in inheritable characteristics (genetic). • THEREFORE, reproduction varies based on differences in inherited traits.
Natural Selection DEFINITION Differential reproduction (survival) based on differences in inherited characteristics. NOT “survival of the fittest”
Fitness • FITNESS=the relative contribution of an individual to the next generation • More fit = more surviving offspring • Less fit = fewer surviving offspring • “Survival of the fittest” = circular, non biological statement
แฟคเตอร์ที่มีอิทธิพลต่อ fitness
Adaptation • Adaptation= characteristic that results from natural selection also... a trait that enhances the reproductive success of the bearer. • Not ALL characteristics of organisms are “adaptations.” • Difficult to provide evidence that a characteristic is truly an adaptation.
Laboratory Selection ลายจุดบนตัวปลาหางนกยูงส่วนใหญ่ถูกควบคุมด้วยพันธุกรรม ลายจุดนี้ช่วยในการพรางตัวให้เข้ากับสิ่งรอบข้างเพื่อป้องกันการถูกจับกินโดยปลาใหญ่ แต่ลายจุดนี้ก็ช่วยให้ดูเด่นกว่าตัวที่ไม่มีลายจุด จึงดึงดูดคู่ผสมพันธุ์
“Special” Kinds of Selection • Natural Selection=differential reproduction (survival) based on differences in inheritable characteristics (different alleles). • Sexual Selection= natural selection based on mate choice. • Artificial Selection= natural selection due to conscious human choice. (e.g., dogs, wheat)
Artificial Selection p. 399
Population Genetics • Population= localized group of individuals of the same species • Population genetics= studies the genetic variation within populations • Genotype= the genes (alleles) possessed by an organism • Phenotype= the physical characteristics of an organism
Genetics “Review” • Genes (DNA) in cells direct cell activities. • Most cells have TWO copies of every gene. (DIPLOID) • One copy from each parent. • Sperm or egg have ONE copy of every gene. (HAPLOID)
Genetics “Review” • The same gene can have different forms (Alleles). E.g., blue iris allele and brown iris allele of eye color gene • Diploid individual with the same 2 alleles = homozygote. • Diploid individual with 2 different alleles = heterozygote.
Genetics • Gene “A” has 2 alleles, “A” and “a.” • AA or aa = homozygotes. • Aa =heterozygotes. • AA, Aa,and aa = genotypes. • Calculation of allele frequencies.
Population Genetics • Gene pool=all the alleles in a population • Genetic structure= frequencies (%) of alleles and genotypes in a population. • Mendelian population= interbreeding group within a population.
Hardy Weinberg • Hardy-Weinberg Theorem = describes a population that is NOT evolving. p2 + 2pq+ q2 = 1 p=frequency of A in the pop. q=frequency of a in the pop. p + q = 1
Random mating P(A)=p P(a)=q P(A)=p AA=p2 Aa =pq aA=pq aa=q2 P(a)=q AA + 2Aa + aa = p2 + 2pq+ q2 = 1 (p+q) 2 = 1 p+q = 1
Hardy Weinberg p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1 p2 =frequency of AA in the pop. 2pq =frequency of Aa in the pop. q2 =frequency of aa in the pop.
Hardy-Weinberg p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1 Thefrequency of AA in a population at H.-W. equilibrium is 0.25. What is the frequency of Aa in this population?