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Page 1: CHAPTER 15 – THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION CHARLES DARWIN EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION MECHANISMS FOR EVOLUTION NATURAL SELECTION SPECIATION Life Sciences-HHMI Outreach

CHAPTER 15 – THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION

• CHARLES DARWIN• EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION• MECHANISMS FOR EVOLUTION• NATURAL SELECTION• SPECIATION

Life Sciences-HHMI Outreach. Copyright 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College.

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CHAPTER 15 – THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION

• CHARLES DARWIN• EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION• MECHANISMS FOR EVOLUTION• NATURAL SELECTION• SPECIATION

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CHARLES DARWIN – 1809-1882

• ENGLISH• TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD ON THE

BEAGLE – FAMOUS IN THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

• OBSERVED MANY SPECIES AND FOSSILS• WHY DID SOME SPECIES SURVIVE WHILE

OTHERS BECAME EXTINCT?• NATURAL SELECTION

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I have called this principle, by whicheach slight variation, if useful, is preserved,

by the term Natural Selection.

  —Charles Darwin from "The Origin of Species"Life Sciences-HHMI Outreach. Copyright 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College.

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www.darwinday.org/englishL/life/beagle.htUsed by permission of Darwin Day Celebration (at DarwinDay.org), 2006

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CHAPTER 15 – THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION

• CHARLES DARWIN• EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION• MECHANISMS FOR EVOLUTION• NATURAL SELECTION• SPECIATION

Life Sciences-HHMI Outreach. Copyright 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College.http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/home.php

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EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION

• STRUCTURAL ADAPTATIONS– MIMICRY– CAMOUFLAGE

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EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION

• STRUCTURAL ADAPTATIONS

– MIMICRY

– CAMOUFLAGE

– MILLIONS OF YEARS

• PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS

– CHANGE IN A METABOLIC PROCESS

– WHAT DO YOU HEAR ABOUT IN THE NEWS ABOUT SOME BACTERIA?

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WHAT OTHER INDUSTRIES WOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT RESISTANCE?

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OTHER EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION

• FOSSILS

• ANATOMY

– HOMOLOGOUS STRUCTURES

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OTHER EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION

• FOSSILS

• ANATOMY

– HOMOLOGOUS STRUCTURES

– ANALOGOUS STRUCTURES

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OTHER EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION

• FOSSILS

• ANATOMY

– HOMOLOGOUS STRUCTURES

– ANALOGOUS STRUCTURES

– VESTIGIAL STRUCTURE

– EMBRYOS

WHAT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF VESTIGIAL STRUCTURES?

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OTHER EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION

• FOSSILS

• ANATOMY

– HOMOLOGOUS STRUCTURES

– ANALOGOUS STRUCTURES

– VESTIGIAL STRUCTURE

– EMBRYOS

• BIOCHEMISTRY

– WHAT 2 THINGS?

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CHAPTER 15 – THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION

• CHARLES DARWIN• EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION• MECHANISMS FOR EVOLUTION• NATURAL SELECTION• SPECIATION

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MECHANISMS FOR EVOLUTION

• DO POPULATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS EVOLVE?DO POPULATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS EVOLVE?• WHAT IS A GENE POOLWHAT IS A GENE POOL• HOW CAN THE GENE POOL CHANGE?HOW CAN THE GENE POOL CHANGE?

– MUTATIONMUTATION– GENETIC DRIFTGENETIC DRIFT– GENE FLOWGENE FLOW

• WOULD THESE THINGS EFFECT A LARGE POPULATION WOULD THESE THINGS EFFECT A LARGE POPULATION OR A SMALL POPULATION MORE?OR A SMALL POPULATION MORE?

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CHAPTER 15 – THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION

• CHARLES DARWIN• EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION• MECHANISMS FOR EVOLUTION• NATURAL SELECTION• SPECIATION

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WHAT IS NATURAL SELECTION?

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN – DRAW STABILIZING, DIRECTIONAL AND DISRUPTIVE SELECTION

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CHAPTER 15 – THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION

• CHARLES DARWIN• EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION• MECHANISMS FOR EVOLUTION• NATURAL SELECTION• SPECIATION

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WHAT IS SPECIATION?• GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATIONGEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION

• REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATIONREPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION

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WHAT IS SPECIATION?

• GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATIONGEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION

• REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATIONREPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION

• GRADUALISMGRADUALISM

• PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUMPUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM

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WHAT IS SPECIATION?

• GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATIONGEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION

• REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATIONREPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION

• GRADUALISMGRADUALISM

• PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUMPUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM

• DIVERGENT EVOLUTIONDIVERGENT EVOLUTION– ADAPTIVE RADIATIONADAPTIVE RADIATION

• CONVERGENT EVOLUTIONCONVERGENT EVOLUTION

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ADAPTIVE RADIATION – AN EXAMPLE OF DIVERGENT EVOLUTION

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CONVERGENT EVOLUTION – WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE?

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