evidence of evolution by natural selection
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Evidence of Evolution by Natural Selection. Dodo bird. Evidence supporting evolution. Fossil record transition species Anatomical record homologous & vestigial structures embryology & development Molecular record protein & DNA sequence Artificial selection human-caused evolution. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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2007-2008 AP Biology
Evidence of Evolutionby Natural Selection
Dodo bird
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AP Biology
Evidence supporting evolution Fossil record
transition species
Anatomical record homologous & vestigial structures embryology & development
Molecular record protein & DNA sequence
Artificial selection human-caused evolution
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AP Biology
Fossil record Layers of sedimentary rock contain fossils
new layers cover older ones, creating a record over time
fossils within layers show that a succession of organisms have populated Earth throughout a long period of time
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AP Biology
Fossil Record
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AP Biology
Fossil record A record showing us that today’s organisms
descended from ancestral species
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AP Biology
Evolutionary change in horses
Millions of years ago
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60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0
Equus
HyracotheriumMesohippus
Merychippus
Nannippus
Bo
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AP Biology
Evolution of birds
Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC
Archaeopteryx lived about 150 mya links reptiles & birds
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AP Biology
????Where are the
transitional
fossils?
Land Mammal
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AP Biology
2006 Fossil Discovery of Early Tetrapod
Tiktaalik “missing link” from sea to land animals
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AP Biology
Anatomical record Homologous structures
similarities in characteristics resulting from common ancestry
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Homologous structures Similar structure Similar development Different functions Evidence of close
evolutionary relationship recent common ancestor
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AP Biology
spines
tendrilssucculent leaves
colored leaves
Homologous structures
leaves
needles
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AP Biology
Analogous structures
Separate evolution of structures similar functions similar external form different internal structure &
development different origin no evolutionary relationship
Solving a similar problem with a similar solutionSolving a similar problem with a similar solution
Don’t be fooledby their looks!
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AP Biology
Convergent evolution Flight evolved in 3 separate animal groups
evolved similar “solution” to similar “problems” analogous structures
Does this mean they have a
recent common ancestor?
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AP Biology
Convergent evolution Fish: aquatic vertebrates Dolphins: aquatic mammals
similar adaptations to life in the sea
not closely related
Those fins & tails & sleek bodies are
analogous structures!
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AP Biology
Parallel Evolution Convergent evolution in common niches
filling similar ecological roles in similar environments, so similar adaptations were selected
but are not closely related
marsupial mammalsmarsupial mammals
placental mammalsplacental mammals
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Parallel types across continentsNiche Placental Mammals Australian Marsupials
BurrowerMole
Anteater
Mouse
Lemur
Flyingsquirrel
Ocelot
Wolf Tasmanian “wolf”
Tasmanian cat
Sugar glider
Spotted cuscus
Numbat
Marsupial mole
Marsupial mouse
Anteater
Nocturnalinsectivore
Climber
Glider
Stalkingpredator
Chasingpredator
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AP Biology
Vestigial organs Modern animals may have structures that
serve little or no function remnants of structures that were functional in
ancestral species deleterious mutations accumulate in genes for
non-critical structures without reducing fitness snakes & whales — remains of pelvis & leg bones of
walking ancestors eyes on blind cave fish human tail bone
This is not LaMarck’s loss from “disuse”!
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Vestigial organs Hind leg bones on whale fossils
Why would whaleshave pelvis & leg bones
if they were alwayssea creatures?
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AP Biology
Comparative embryology Similar embryological development in
closely related species all vertebrate embryos have similar
structures at different stages of development gill pouch in fish, frog, snake, birds, human, etc.
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AP Biology
Molecular record
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Millions of years ago
Horse/donkey
Sheep/goat
Goat/cow
Llama/cow
Pig/cow
Rabbit/rodent
Horse/cow
Human/rodent
Dog/cow
Human/cow
Human/kangaroo
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Comparing DNA & protein structure universal genetic code!
DNA & RNA compare common genes
cytochrome C (respiration) hemoglobin (gas exchange)
Closely related species have sequences that are more similar than distantly related species DNA & proteins are a molecular
record of evolutionary relationships
Closely related species have sequences that are more similar than distantly related species DNA & proteins are a molecular
record of evolutionary relationships
Why comparethese genes?
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AP Biology
Comparative hemoglobin structure
Number of amino acid differences betweenhemoglobin (146 aa) of vertebrate species and that of humans
Number of amino acid differences betweenhemoglobin (146 aa) of vertebrate species and that of humans
100 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120
LampreyFrogBirdDogMacaqueHuman
328 45 67 125
Why does comparingamino acid sequencemeasure evolutionary
relationships?
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AP Biology
Building “family” treesClosely related species (branches) share same line of descent until their divergence from a common ancestor
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AP Biology
Artificial selection Artificial breeding can use variations in
populations to create vastly different “breeds” & “varieties”
“descendants” of the wolf
“descendants” of wild mustard
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AP Biology
Natural selection in action Insecticide &
drug resistance insecticide didn’t
kill all individuals resistant survivors
reproduce resistance is inherited insecticide becomes
less & less effective
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2007-2008 AP Biology
"Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution."
-- Theodosius DobzhanskyMarch 1973
Geneticist, Columbia University
(1900-1975)
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2007-2008 AP Biology
Evolution is "so overwhelmingly established that it has become irrational to call it a theory."
-- Ernst Mayr What Evolution Is
2001Professor Emeritus, Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University
(1904-2005)
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2007-2008 AP Biology
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