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Insecticide resistance disease vectors
Insecticide resistance disease vectors agricultural pests
Pests evolve pesticide resistance r-strategists evolve most rapidly
Genetic variation is “raw material” Environment “edits” the population
Genetic variation is “raw material” Environment “edits” the population
Genetic variation is “raw material” Environment “edits” the population
Genetic variation is “raw material” Environment “edits” the population
Genetic variation is “raw material” Environment “edits” the population
Genetic variation is “raw material” Environment “edits” the population
Genetic variation is “raw material” Environment “edits” the population
natural selection continuous competition
Natural selection continuous competition between membersof the same species
Natural selection continuous competition betweenmembers of the same species
selection N a characteristic 0 100 Natural selection Selection forces ?
Physical environmental factors e.g weather Natural selection Selection forces Density-independent limiting factors Physical environmental factors e.g weather
Natural selection Selection forces Density-independent limiting factors Physical environmental factors Density-dependent limiting factors disease predation
producer primary secondary consumer consumer E parasites parasites parasites Food chain respiration decomposition autotroph herbivore predator each trophic level regulates population of its prey each trophic level selects its prey
Natural selection Selection forces Density-independent limiting factors Physical environmental factors Density-dependent limiting factors disease predation competition between species
Competition between species pests vs. us
Competition between species weeds vs. us pests vs. us
Natural selection Selection forces Density-independent limiting factors Physical environmental factors Density-dependent limiting factors disease predation competition between species
An ecosystem The ecological theater The evolutionary drama
But, how can “random” processes design complex structures?
But, how can “random” processes design complex structures? Isn’t this like expecting a bunch of monkeys locked in a room with typewriters to eventually type out Hamlet’s soliloquy? Actually one monkey with a computer could do it -- if it were arranged like natural selection
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to be or not to be that is the question
to be or not to be that is the question
Evolution by Natural Selection is not random Selection is non-random non-random