1 / 12

Evolution

Evolution. The change in the genetic makeup of a population over time is evolution. Darwin and the Voyage of The Beagle. Biogeography : the geographic distribution of species.

tallys
Download Presentation

Evolution

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Evolution

  2. The change in the genetic makeup of a population over time is evolution

  3. Darwin and the Voyage of The Beagle

  4. Biogeography: the geographic distribution of species Species tend to be more closely related to other species from the same area rather than species with a similar way of life but living in a different area

  5. The historical context of Darwin’s life and ideas

  6. Linnaeus – taxonomy • Cuvier – paleontology • Hutton – geology • Lyell –geology • Lamarck – propose an alternative theory of evolution • Malthus – economist

  7. The Origin of Species Evolution by natural Selection Descent with Modification

  8. Principle of Natural Selection • There are more individuals than the environment can support, leading to a struggle for existence, with only a fraction of offspring surviving each generation • Survival of individuals is not random but depends on their fitness • These traits are heritable and are passed on from one generation from the next • The unequal ability of individuals to survive and reproduce will lead to a gradual change in population, with favorable characteristics accumulating over the generations

  9. Important Terms • Fitness and reproductive success • Relative fitness • Adaptation • Heritability • Genetic variability • mutation

  10. Adaptive radiation: process in which organisms diversify rapidly into new forms • Population bottlenecks: sharp reduction in the size of populations • Mutation: permanent change in DNA sequence

  11. Selection In Action • Peppered moths • Darwin’s finches • Antibiotic-resistant bacteria

  12. Do Now: • Which of the following is not an observation or inference on which natural selection is based? (a) There is heritable variation among individuals (b) Poorly adapted individuals never produce offspring (c) There is a struggle for limited resources and only a fraction of offspring survive (d) individuals whose characteristics are best suited to the environment generally leave more offspring than those whose characteristics are less well suited (e) organisms interact with their environments

More Related