Evolution Unit: Objectives AP Biology Upon the completion of the textbook readings in Chapters 22-26 you should be able to: Chapter 22 1. Explain how the principle of gradualism and Charles Lyell’s theory of uniformitarianism influenced Darwin’s ideas about evolution. The basic idea of natural selection is that a population of organisms can change over the generations if individuals having certain heritable traits leave more offspring than other individuals. The result of natural selection
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and Plants: 1. Create a phylogenetic tree and cladogram demonstrating the evolution of plants and/or fungi. Your grouping must make sense and be neat. 2. Create a concept map that depicts the zombie strategy to combat these plants and fungi. Breeding: 1. Look up and define selective/artificial selection. How did this have an effect on the formation of Darwin’s idea of Natural Selection? 2. What is convergent evolution? Is there evidence of this in your plants or fungi? 3. What is coevolution
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natural selection‚ evolution‚ mutation‚ variation‚ heritability‚ and fitness. EVOLUTION IN ACTION Darwin envisioned natural selection acting so slowly that its effects would be imperceptible in a human lifetime. But in the late 1900s‚ evolutionary biologists began to detect small but significant changes taking place in a handful of species. In the past decade‚ many more cases of natural selection have come to light‚ and scientists now realize that species can adapt quickly to changes in their
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Evolution is a word that brings a wide range of emotions in people. For many‚ fingers crammed into ears and the refusal to discuss it is an act of behavior because they believe in the Biblical account of creation. Nothing more‚ nothing less. Then there are those‚ who do believes in evolution and are well versed on the matter. They become loud and boisterous to those who have their fingers crammed in their ears refusing to listen. Name calling and finger pointing comes from both sides of the firing
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The results of this study relate to the larger issue of how the forces of evolution work in real world populations since mutation‚ genetic drift‚ gene flow and natural selection are within species all around us. One population that experiences these four forces of evolution is a population of bears. When it comes to mutation‚ if a population of bears only had dark-colored bears‚ but then all of sudden a light bear appeared in the population this would mean that one of the alleles that determine fur
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Creation versus evolution; faith versus reason. There has been an ongoing debate ever since on how man first existed. As people have been trying to unlock the mystery of life‚ many evolution theories sprang up – one of which is Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. Darwin’s theory made a big impact in science and has only gained more acceptance as years went by. It was widely accepted as the explanation for the diversity of organisms‚ and there were proofs claimed to support it. But today‚ we will
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depravation of resources. The species that is better adapted for these changes will survive and those who are not will at some point no longer exist. This process is referred to as natural selection. Due to natural selection‚ we have evolution as a result. Evolution is the process by which previous organisms affect the development of future organisms. Natural selection is often referred to as survival of the fittest because those with the most desirable traits will outlast
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Creationism is believing that a superior being called‚ God‚ created Earth and all of the living creatures we have‚ such as: humans‚ animals‚ birds‚ and plants. Creationists believe that this God created it using only his words and creating humans with his own hands and breathe of life. Evidence found for creationism has been discredited throughout the years by ‘simple’‚ evolutionary explanations‚ but neither evolutionists or creationist have the closest thing to a proof. The first evidence for
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value of human life has been challenged over many years. Some people feel as though human life is not valuable‚ while others feel it is extremely valuable. The worldview that a person holds‚ directly relates to the value that they place on human life. If someone believes in evolution‚ then they would seemingly believe that life is not valuable being that life stemmed from animals. On the other hand‚ a person whom believes is creationism is more likely to stand firm in the fact that the human life was
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Lamarck’s Influence on the Development of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Dec. 4 1996 Marc Weinstein There have been many ideas on the theory of evolution. Some simply take our existence for granted‚ others prefer to explain all evolution in terms of the bible and the presence of a God. However‚ there are those who have researched the topic of evolution and have offered an explanation as to where a species comes from and how they evolved in the manner that they did. This type of science has been
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