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Evolution OverviewCharles Darwin
• Proposed the Theory of Evolution
• Evolution-gradual change in a species through adaptations over time
• Theory of Evolution= Natural Selection
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Natural Selection
• Natural selection is based on the following ideas:– natural variation– production of more offspring than can survive– competition for resources, and to escape predators– differential survival based on traits
• Organisms with traits well suited to an environment are more likely to survive and produce more offspring than organisms without these favorable traits.
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Evidence for Evolution
• Evolution occurs over millions of years and cannot be seen in one lifetime
• Scientists rely on evidence to support the Theory of Evolution
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1.) Adaptations
• Adaptation- structure or behavior that helps an organism better survive in its environment.
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• Mimicry- a structural adaptation that enables one species to resemble another species.
• Camouflage- a structural adaptation that allows a species to blend in with its surroundings
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• Physiological Adaptation- changes in an organism’s metabolism that occurs quickly. Many bacteria have become resistant to penicillin over the last 50 years
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2.) Fossil Record• Fossil-trace of a dead organism. Examples
bones, dinosaur track, insects trapped in tree sap, impressions of leaves, animals buried in tar or ice
• Give clues are to what ancient organisms looked like
• Compare fossils to organisms we know today• Today’s species had to evolved from ancient
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3.) Comparative Anatomy
• Homolgous Structures- body structures on different organisms that are similar in structure or function and evolved from the same ancestor
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• Analogous Structures- Body structures on different organisms that are similar in function but did not evolve from the same ancestor.
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• Vestigial Structures- Body structure in an organism that no longer serves its original purpose but was useful to the ancestor
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• Embryo- earliest stage of growth and development of both plant and animals
• Human embryos and embryos of all other vertebrates are very similar which suggests that all vertebrates are related
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• Nearly all organisms have DNA, ATP, and many of the same enzymes
• The DNA of closely related organisms looks very similar
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Natural Selection
• Occurs in populations over time not individuals
• Population- all the members of a species that live in an area
• Gene Pool- all of the alleles of the population’s genes
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• Genetic Equilibrium- the frequency of alleles remains the same over generations
• Populations in genetic equilibrium are not changing so they are not evolving
• Anything that changes the genes in the populations gene pool will cause evolution to occur
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What Causes Changes in the Gene Pool?
• 1. Mutations that occur by chance or by radiation and chemicals
• 2. Genetic drift: frequency of alleles are changed by random events in an isolated population
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• 3. Gene flow: the transport of genes by traveling individuals
• 4. Non-random mating: Individuals selecting mates with specific heritable traits (sexual selection)
• 5. Natural selection
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3 Conditions of Natural Selection
• Struggle for existence: more offspring are produced than can survive so organisms compete for survival
• Natural variation among individuals• Survival of the fittest
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3 Types of Natural Selection • Stabilizing selection: favors average individuals in
a population • Directional selection: favors one of the extreme
variations of a trait • Disruptive/diversifying selection: favors
individuals with either extreme of a trait
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Speciation
• Evolution of a new species that occurs when members of similar populations no longer breed with each other to produce fertile offspring
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• There are several reasons why similar populations no longer breed– Geographic isolation: when
a physical barrier (lava from volcanic eruptions, sea level changes, etc.) divides a population
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• Reproductive isolation: occurs when organisms no longer breed with each other to produce fertile offspring because of
– Differences in genes– Mating times change– Different numbers of chromosomes
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How fast does speciation occur? • Gradualism: idea that species originate through a
gradual change of adaptations (longer than 10,000 years)
• Punctuated equilibrium: idea that species originate in rapid bursts (10,000 years or less) with long periods of genetic equilibrium in between
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Two types of evolution
• Divergent evolution (adaptive radiation): species that once were similar become increasingly different
• Convergent evolution: distantly related organisms evolve similar traits