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Types of Evolution: Macroevolution and Microevolution.
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Types of Evolution:
Macroevolution and Microevolution
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Macroevolution• A change among species over a long time
span with some species dying out and new species emerging. Major biological changes evident in the fossil record.
Microevolution
• Evolution on the smallest scale. A generation to generation change in the frequencies of alleles within a population
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Evidence of Macroevolution
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1. Fossil Record
3. Pterodactyl (210-140 myo)
The study of fossils provides the strongest evidence of evolution.
What is a fossil?
Any trace or remains of an organism that has been preserved by natural processes.
By studying fossils, scientists can compare the remains of ancient organisms with organisms living today.
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Rodhocetus kasrani
Spent little time on land
Ambulocetus natans
Walked on land. Swam with backbone and hindlimbs
Mesonychids
(extinct land mammals, with whale-like teeth)
Whale Evolution Based on the Fossil Record55 mya
46 mya
48 mya
Modern Whale
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2. Comparative Biochemistry and Genetics
• The closer the relationships between organisms based on anatomy, the more alike the structure of their DNA and protein molecules
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A chain of Amino Acids is a protein
Our hemoglobin shares only this many differences with these animals
Seems to agree with the DNA evidence we just saw
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3. Comparative Anatomy
The presence of certain types of similarities in anatomy offers evidence for the evolutionary relationships between species.
Homologous Structures – parts of different organisms that have similar structures but may have different forms and functions.
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KEY:
Blue = humerusYellow = Radius Orange = Ulna
Black = carpals, metacarpals, phalanges
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4. Vestigial Organs
Small or incomplete structures with no apparent function
Ex. Coccyx, appendix, whale leg bonesWhere these structures functional in an ancestral form?
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5. Comparative Embryology
Similarities in the early stages of embryonic development suggest a common ancestor for these vertebrates.
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What is the evidence of Macroevolution?
1) Fossil Record
2) Molecular (Biochemistry and Genetics)
3) Comparative Anatomy
4) Vestigial Structures
5) Comparative Embryology
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Models of Gradualism and Punctuated Equilibrium in Evolution
Gradualism- gradual changes over long periods of time leads to species formation
Punctuated Equlibrium- evolution occurs in spurts followed by periods of neutral change in species
Evidence, like we have seen, supports that both may happen at once. Subtle changes and sudden “catastrophic events” to a species environment have shaped and continue to shape species on the planet
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Mechanisms of Microevolution• Microevolution occurs
due to variations in the “gene pool”
• Gene pool – all the alleles (alternative forms of a gene) in all the individuals that make up a population. It is the “pool” from which the next generation draws its genes.
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Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium
• Populations that do not undergo change to their gene pools are not evolving
• They are in a condition known as Hardy Weinberg equilibrium
• HOWEVER, populations rarely remain in H-W equilibrium for long, because many mechanisms can change a gene pool…..
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Factors that Cause Changes to the Gene Pool
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1. Genetic DriftChanges in the gene pool due to chance is called
genetic drift. The smaller the population, the greater chance for random changes in frequencies.
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Two Examples of Genetic Drift
1. Bottleneck Effect – Drastic reductions in populations due to natural disasters or hunting leave very small population, with different frequencies of genes. Ex. Cheetah
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Founder Effect
When a few individuals colonize an island, lake or new habitat, the population of the new colony will likely have different genetic makeup than the original larger population
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2. Gene Flow
Gene flow is caused by migration of individuals or their gametes between neighboring populations.
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3. MutationMutations are random changes in an organism’s DNA. If the DNA is carried by a gamete, it enters the population’s gene pool. The vast majority of mutations are very minor changes in the DNA not drastic changes such as the one pictured here!
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4. Natural Selection• This is the major force that leads to adaptation. • It is a sorting among all the variations in the
population for the “fittest”• Fitness means the “contribution an individual
makes to the gene pool of the next generation compared to the contributions of other individuals.”, in other words, production of more healthy fertile offspring than others.
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So What Are the Four Factors that Cause Changes to Gene Pools?
1. Genetic Drift (includes bottleneck and founder effect)
2. Gene Flow
3. Mutation
4. Natural Selection