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Winter Break Extra Credit Procedures• Answers must be turned in TODAY!!!! For full credit.• Must bubble in a scan-tron (outside of class).• All incorrect answers must be corrected and a Page number from
your text written next to each revised answer.• Your essay responses must also be graded as well using the rubric I
will provide.**The grading must take place here in the classroom either before
school, during lunch, and after school.
You can start this tomorrow at Lunch. My availability is as follows:
*Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: Available Lunch and after school until 4:00pm
**Next Week: Available Monday & Wednesday After school
You must complete the grading by Friday January 14th.
Unit #4:
Evolution & History of Life- Chapters: 22-26
Chapter 22: Darwinian View of Evolution
Chapter 23: Microevolution &Allele frequency changes in Populations
Chapter 24: Macroevolution (Speciation)
Chapter 26: Mapping out the History of Life using the Geologic Record
Introductory Questions #11) Why is evolution such a controversial subject?2) Name the key founders (original people) for the idea
evolution.3) Name four major pieces of evidence that Darwin
considered in formulating his theory of natural selection. 4) Name three people that influenced Darwin’s thinking as
he developed his theory.5) Name the four key observations Darwin made.6) Why is fossil evidence considered the “most direct”
evidence for evolution? Approximately, how many fossil species have been discovered?
7) What are the three methods for generating a date of a fossil?
Chapter 22: Darwinian Evolution (The Beginning)
Charles Darwin: -Born in England
-Medical School
-Clergyman
-Naturalist (botany)
-Explorer (HMS Beagle)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/program.html
Major Issues & Questions about Evolution• Our Concept of time is obscure: putting into
perspective and grasping the significance of long periods of time such as 100 yrs? 1000yrs? 10,000yrs? Or even a million years.
• The most difficult concept that Darwin proposed was that all living things are related by a common ancestor.
• How would you respond to this question?– When studying life do you include man with all
living things or do you separate man?
Video #1 Judgement Day: Intelligent Design on
Trial• Please Write 15 Key Statements from the video
shown today.• For Extra Credit (5 pts) you can watch the rest of
the video and write 20 key statements from each of the segments remaining.
**TEN of those statements you write need to address key pieces of evidence presented in support of Evolution and Intelligent Design.
Descent with Modification (Evolution)
Evolution: the change over time of the genetic composition of populations
Natural selection:populations of organisms can change over the generations if individuals having certain heritable traits leave more offspring than others (differential reproductive success)
Evolutionary adaptations:a prevalence of inherited characteristics that enhance organisms’ survival and reproduction
November 24, 1859
Darwin’s Final Quote from his Book• "Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death,
the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.“
—On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, 1859
Evolutionary History• Linnaeus: taxonomy (binomial Nomenclature)• Hutton: gradualism• Lamarck: Use & disuse (acquired Charact)• Malthus: populations & resources• Cuvier: Paleontology (fossils)
• Lyell: uniformitarianism
• Darwin: Natural selection
• Mendel: inheritance
• Wallace: natural selection
Historical Perspectives that influenced Darwin
• Aristotle Species are “fixed” & unchanging• Linnaeus Founder of taxonomy (binomial nomenclature)• Cuvier Began the study of fossils (Paleontology)
Catastrophism• Charles Lyell Uniformitarianism-same process occur today• Hutton Gradualism, Cumulative effects• Erasmus Darwin Environment changes causes life to evolve• Lamarck Law of use & disuse, inheritance of acquired
characteristics• Henslow Darwin’s mentor at Cambridge (Botanist)• FitzRoy Captain of HMS Beagle• Malthus Populations struggle for resources
(competition)• Wallace formulated same theory of natural selection
• Lyell (Geologist)Lyell (Geologist)
– Earth was ancient & ever-Earth was ancient & ever-changingchanging
Influences on Darwin’s TheoryInfluences on Darwin’s Theory
• Malthus Malthus (Economist)(Economist)
–““Survival of the Survival of the Fittest”Fittest”
• Political & Political & Philosophical Philosophical RenaissanceRenaissance
Influences on Darwin’s TheoryInfluences on Darwin’s Theory
Video Clip
Observations made by Darwin• Variations exist in the population (heritable)• Reproduce Exponentially (if all are successful) • Populations tend to be stable• Resources are (become) limited• Differential Reproductive success (selection)• Artificial selection (breeding) modifies adaptations
Examples of Natural Selection• Guppies (pg. 447) examining the size & shape with
predation.– Predators: Killifish & Pike-Cichlid– Killifish: prey on small juvenile guppies– Pike-Cichlids: prey on larger sexually mature guppies therefore
guppies that are mature @ younger age/ samller in size will survive better.
*Expt: Guppies from “Pike-cichlid pools” were put transferred to a pool of Killifish and allowed to coexist for 11 yrs (30-60 generations)
*Results: observed guppies that were 14% heavier & slower maturation (age at maturity rose)
• HIV resistance: used a drug 3TC (replaces cytosine)– 3TC interferes w/reverse transcriptase– Blocks the reproduction of HIV– 3TC acted as a selective force (similar with antibiotic resistance)
Key points regarding Natural Selection
• Natural Selection is:– A process of editing what’s already there and
not a creative mechanism– Depends on the time & place with certain
characteristcs being favored over others.– What is adaptive in one situation may be
useless or harmful in another.
Darwin Envisioned a Tree of Life
• All organisms have common descent
• Each fork represents the diversity emerging
• 99% of all species that ever existed have gone extinct (**lots of dead branches)
• Linnaean hierarchy fitted Darwin’s view
• Became evident as he examined the finches– Adaptive radiation
• Noted subtle differences in Noted subtle differences in finches & tortoises, by island & finches & tortoises, by island & compared to mainlandcompared to mainland
Galapagos IslandsGalapagos Islands
Adaptions to Environment
Phylogenetic Tree of Darwin’s Finches
Common Ground Finch
Video Clip
Examples of “Descent with Modification”
Based on Fossil Evidence
Major pieces of Evidence for Evolution
• Biogeographical Distribution• Comparative Anatomy (homologous structures & vestigial
organs)
• Comparative Embryology• Fossils
Post Darwin: “Neo Darwinism” also called synthetic theory• Molecular Genetics: DNA/Amino acid Sequencing• Chromosomal Changes• Mutations
Evolution evidence: Biogeography
• Geographical distribution of species
• Examples:Islands vs. Mainland
Australia
Continents
These organisms evolved independently of each other in similar environments
Evolution Evidence: Comparative Anatomy
• Homologous structures (homology)
• Descent from a common ancestor
• Vestigial organs Ex: whale/snake hindlimbs; wings on flightless birds
• Convergent EvolutionConvergent Evolution due to similar due to similar niches-same niches-same structures form w/same purposesstructures form w/same purposes
Similar characteristics formed from similar environments with different original structures.
Structures are used for a similar function
**Similar structure different origin
Evolution Evidence: Comparative Embryology
• Pharyngeal pouches, ‘tails’ as embryos
Fossil Evidence
Fossils: remains and traces left behind by organisms-most direct evidence for evolution-provides a record of ancient organisms that have existed-able to generate a timeline-observe the presence of vestigial structures-ancestral descent and lineages can be generated-more aquatic fossils vs. terrestrial have been found
Types of Fossils: imprints, hair, nails, tissue, and other remains
Locations: sedimentary rock, ice, amber, tar, quicksand, petrification
Evolution Evidence: The Fossil Record
• Succession of forms over time
• Transitional links• Vertebrate descent
Dating Fossils
• Location within the rock strata (use index fossil)
• Radioactive isotopes (half-life)– K40 half life is 1.3 billion years argon– U235 half life is 704 million years → lead – U238 half life is 4.5 billion → lead – C14 half life is 5730 years nitrogen
Extinct Whale w/ small hind limbs
Video Clip
Evolution of the Horse
Issues/Arguments with Fossil Evidence
• Record is Incomplete• Transitional fossils are lacking• Dating techniques are not very accurate (wide ranges)• Fossils are difficult to find
– Conditions must be perfect to form & remain intact
• Provides evidence of species that existed but are now extinct (ex. dinosaurs)
• What if fossils were never found?
Final words…...
• “Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.”
Evolution Evidence of Today & Molecular Biology
• Similarities in DNA, proteins, genes, and gene products
• Common genetic code
Human Chromosome #2Human & Chimp Comparison of Chromosome #2http://www.teachersdomain.org/special/evol07-ex/
Molecular evidence for common Ancestry
Introductory Questions #21) What is meant by homoplastic features?2) Organisms that are from separate ancestries adapt to their
environments similarly from similar structures. This is an example of .
3) How many vestigial structures have been observed in humans. Name three of them.
4) Why is biogeography (distribution of species) important evidence for evolution?
5) Why is the chimpanzee considered to be the closest living relative of humans?
6) How is a phylogenetic tree generated and what sort of information does it provide?
Key Points to Remember
• A population evolves, not an individual organism• Natural Selection occurs through interactions between individuals• Variations in a population are heritable that are not “acquired in
their lifetime” • Natural selection is the “mechanism” of evolution• The accumulation of small gradual changes over long periods of
time results in larger changes (adaptations)• A new species emerges with slightly different characteristics usually
because of being isolated. (Galapagos Islands)• How and why organisms are able to transmit heritable traits to the
next generation was not explained by Darwin.• Evolution can only modify existing structures.
Final words…...
• “Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.”
Chapter 23-Microevolution
Population genetics• Population:
a localized group of individuals belonging to the same species
• Species: a group of populations whose
individuals have the potential to interbreed and produce fertile offspring
• Gene pool: the total aggregate of genes in a
population at any one time• Population genetics:
the study of genetic changes in populations
• Modern synthesis/neo-Darwinism• “Individuals are selected, but populations
evolve.”
Hardy-Weinberg Principle• Model proposed in 1908• Represents an ideal situation• Seldom occurs in nature• Mathematical model is used to compare populations• Allows biologists to calculate allele frequencies in a
population• Serves as a model for the genetic structure of a non-evolving population (equilibrium)Represents “genetic equilibrium”If the allele frequencies deviate from the predicted values of HW then
the population is said to be evolving.
Hardy-Weinberg Theorem
5 conditions for Equilibrium
-Very large population size
- No migration
- No net mutations
- Random mating
- No natural selection
**when all these are met then a population is not evolving
Hardy-Weinberg Equation
• p=frequency of one allele (A); q=frequency of the other allele (a)
• p+q=1.0
• (p=1-q & q=1-p)
• P2=frequency of AA genotype
• 2pq=frequency of Aa
• q2=frequency of aa genotype;
p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1.0
Solving & Analyzing HW Principle• Problem: If you had 90 individuals that possessed the recessive
condition in a population of 1000 individuals, determine the frequency of dominant and recessive alleles present in the population as well as the genotypic and phenotypic frequencies.
(1) Always start with the # of homozygous recessive alleles - aa = 90 and q2 = 90/1000 which is 0.09 - a = square root of 0.09 which is 0.3 - A = (1 – 0.3) which is 0.7 - AA = (0.7) 2 which is 0.49
- Aa = ???
**Remember that p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1 (AA) (Aa) (aa)
Microevolution
• Involves small or minor changes in the allele frequencies within a population
• Five processes have been identified:– Nonrandom mating (inbreeding & assortative mating)– Gene flow (migration between populations) – Genetic drift (bottleneck effect)– Mutations (unpredictable change in DNA)– Natural selection (differential reproduction)
**certain alleles are favored over others in nature
Microevolution
A change in the gene pool of a population over a succession of generations
Genetic drift: changes in the gene pool of a small population due to chance (usually reduces genetic variability)
Molecular Clock-Pg 385• Used to estimate the time of divergence between two
closely related groups when their common ancestor could have been present.
• Mutations tend to occur at a steady uniform rate over millions of years for closely related species.
• These alterations in the DNA sequence used with geological data
• Allows scientists to reconstruct the evolutionary history of a group and describe its phylogeny
• A single molecular clock for all genes and all species cannot be established. (Why?)