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Theory of evolution
Many ideas were out there to explain how species change over time but the first published was
Charles Darwin in the H.M.S. Beagle traveled the world for 5 years and made observations of living and fossilized plants and animals. Started to notice relationships among species Most significant stop- the Galapagos
Found many unique species similar but different then those of the mainland. IDEA
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Now that an idea was formed DARWIN had to collect evidence
For two decades Darwin worked and experimented and read and borrowed from Thomas Malthus. Malthus idea was that human population grows faster than food supply
Darwin idea was that individuals struggle to compete in changing environmental conditions. Which individuals survive?
Natural selection Mechanism for change in populations.
In Nature organisms produce more offspring than can survive
Due to independent assortment in any population individuals have variations
Individual with useful variations will survive
Over time offspring with certain variations make up most of the population and
may look nothing like their ancestors
In Indonesia Alfred Russell Wallace reached a similar conclusion but Darwin was the first to publish.
Interpreting evidence after Darwin
Much data has been gathered but as Humans have only been here a short time and what happened before us is subject to interpretation.
Evidence for Evolution Adaptation is variation that aids an organism’s chance of survival in its environment. Structural adaptations
Mimicry CamouflagePhysiological adaptations Fossils Anatomy
Homologous structure - Analogous structure
Vestigial structure Embryology- viruses Biochemistry- Modern approach
Mechanisms of Evolution
What was missing from Darwins theory? Genes
Who evolves Populations or individuals?
Natural selection acts on the range of phenotypes
Evolution occurs as a population genes and their frequencies change over time
Gene pool How much (percentage) of any specific allele in the gene pool is called Allelic frequency
Genetic equilibrium
When the frequency of alleles remains the same over generationsDoes it evolve?
Changes in genetic equilibrium
Mutation -most lethal but some……. Are useful
Genetic drift- change of allelic frequencies by chance events…can greatly affect small populations making recessive alleles more common than in the larger population,
Gene Flow- Can be affected by movement into and out of a population
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Three types of natural selection that act on variation
Stabilizing-favors average individual in a population
Directional selection Occurs when Natural selection
favors on of the extreme variations of the trait
Disruptive selection
Individual with either extreme of a trait’s variation are selected for.
Physical barriers can prevent interbreeding rendering a new species (speciation) can no longer interbreed
Geographic isolation- When a physical barrier divides a population
Reproductive isolation Change in chromosome numbers and speciation
Speciation rates Gradualism-
slow change over time Punctuated equilibrium-
rapid change
Patterns of evolution
Adaptative radiation
Divergent evolution- become more dissimilar over time
Convergent evolutionUnrelated species occupy similar environments which have similar pressures which make them look similar
Review
http://www.ptpleasantbch.k12.nj.us/bridge/genbio/evolutiontaxon.html