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Week 3
-Modern scientific thought
-Influences on Darwin's theory of natural selection
-Natural selection
-Examples of natural selection
Textbook progress: ch. 2 and some ch. 3
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Pre-scientific thinking
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Common views before the 18th century
Fixity of species
Young Earth
Pre-scientific thinkingChanges before the 18th century
-discovery of the New World
-new tools (e.g., telescope)
-heliocentrism
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Precursors to evolutionary theoryJohn Ray:
species: a group of organisms that are reproductively isolated
Carolus Linnaeus: binomial nomenclatureE.g., Homo sapiens = Genus species
Precursors to evolutionary theoryGeorges-Louis Buffon: posited a correlation between changes in the environment and changes in an organism
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Precursors to evolutionary theoryJean-Baptiste Lamarck: emphasized organism-environment interaction
First to try and explain evolution...Inheritance of acquired characteristics
-traits altered through use or disuse-altered traits are inherited
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Precursors to evolutionary theoryJean-Baptiste Lamarck: emphasized organism-environment interaction
First to try and explain evolution with:Inheritance of acquired characteristics
-traits altered through use or disuse-altered traits are inherited
Problem: says traits are altered during the lifetime of an individual
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Georges Cuvier: tried to explain geology with catastrophism-first to say species go extinct
Charles Lyell: Uniformitarianism explains geology points to an old Earth
https://youtu.be/o_wmulBtWlk
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Thomas Malthus: populations grow exponentially but resources grow linearly
-leads to competition for resources
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-learned about Lamarck, Buffon, etc.-BFFs with Lyell-a 5-year voyage around the world inspired his theory of natural selection
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
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Artificial selection-All dogs share a common ancestor-Explains the extreme variation between breeds
Natural selection: artificial selection analogy
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Individuals with favorable traits have higher reproductive success compared to individuals with less favorable traits.
(1) all species produce offspring faster than the food supply
(2) there's biological variation in all species
(3) each generation more offspring are born than survive
Natural selection in detail - Eight processes
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(4) more favorable traits lead to more fit individuals
(5) environment determines which traits are favorable
(6) traits are inherited and passed on to yield greater reproductive success
Natural selection in detail - Eight processes
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(7) over time, changes accumulate leading to new species
(8) geographical isolation leads to new species through selective pressure
https://youtu.be/hOfRN0KihOU?t=399
Natural selection in detail - Eight processes
Reproductive success: # of reproductively viable offspring produced
Fitness: relative measure of reproductive success
Selective pressures: environmental factors determining reproductive success.
https://youtu.be/Uf-mOCN7rUUhttp://peppermoths.weebly.com/
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Important terms for evolution by natural selection
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Natural selection