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Biology
Artificial Selection, Natural
Selection and Evidence for
Evolution
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Publication of On the Origin of
Species
In 1859, Darwin published his book, On
the Origin of Species.
In his book, Darwin:
proposed a mechanism for evolution called natural
selection.
presented evidence that evolution has been taking
place for millions of years—and continues in all
living things.
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Inherited Variation and Artificial
Selection
Members of each species vary from one
another in important ways.
In Darwin’s day, variations were thought
to be unimportant, minor defects.
Darwin argued that this variation
mattered.
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Inherited Variation and Artificial
Selection
 Darwin noted that plant and animal breeders would
breed only the largest hogs, the fastest horses, or the
cows that produced the most milk.
 Darwin termed this process artificial selection.
 Artificial selection is the selection by humans for breeding of
useful traits from the natural variation among different
organisms.
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Cauliflower
Brussels
Sprouts
Broccoli
Kohlrabi
Ancestral
Species
Kale
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Evolution by Natural Selection
Darwin compared
processes in nature
to artificial
selection.
By doing so, he
developed a
scientific
hypothesis to
explain how
evolution occurs.
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Evolution by Natural Selection
The Struggle for Existence
Darwin realized that high birth rates and a
shortage of life's basic needs would force
organisms to compete for resources.
The struggle for existence means that
members of each species compete regularly
to obtain food, living space, and other
necessities of life.
The struggle for existence was central to
Darwin's theory of evolution.
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Evolution by Natural Selection
The ability of an individual to survive and
reproduce in its specific environment is
fitness.
Darwin proposed that fitness is the result of
adaptations.
Fitness has nothing to do with how “strong”
an organism is, it is about being able to
survive** and reproduce**
Which would have a larger fitness, a giraffe
with a long neck or a giraffe with a short
neck?
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Evolution by Natural Selection
 Individuals with characteristics that are not well suited
to their environment either die or leave few offspring.
 Individuals that are better suited to their environment
survive and reproduce.
 Darwin called this process survival of the fittest.
 Because of its similarities to artificial selection, Darwin
referred to the survival of the fittest as natural
selection.
 In natural selection, the traits being selected contribute
to an organism's fitness in its environment.
 Natural Selection works on the phenotype, not
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genotype
Summary of Darwin's Theory
1. There is variation among populations.
 Variations are inherited and passed from
parent to offspring
2. Some variations are favorable.
 a favorable variation improves an organism’s
ability to function and reproduce
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Summary of Darwin’s Theory
3. Not all young produced in each
generation can survive.
 Many are killed by disease, starvation or by
predators
4. Individuals that survive and reproduce
are those with favorable variations.
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Evidence of Evolution
Darwin argued that living things have
been evolving on Earth for millions of
years.
Evidence for this process could be
found in
The fossil record
The geographical distribution of living
species
Homologous structures of living organisms
similarities in early development, or
embryology.
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Evidence of Evolution
1. The Fossil Record
Darwin saw fossils as a
record of the history of life
on Earth.
By comparing fossils from
older rock layers with fossils
from younger layers,
scientists could document
that life on Earth has
changed over time.
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Rock Strata (layers)
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Evidence of Evolution
2. Homologous Body Structures
Structures that have different mature forms but develop from
the same embryonic tissues are called homologous
structures.
Similarities and differences in homologous structures help
biologists group animals according to how recently they last
shared a common ancestor.
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Evidence of Evolution
 Not all homologous structures
serve important functions.
 The organs of many animals
are so reduced in size that
they are just vestiges, or
traces, of homologous organs
in other species.
 These organs are called
vestigial organs.
Examples in humans include
our appendix and
goosebumps.
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Evidence of Evolution
3. Similarities in
Embryology
The early stages, or
embryos, of many
animals with backbones
are very similar.
The same groups of
embryonic cells develop
in the same order and in
similar patterns to
produce the tissues and
organs of all vertebrates.
4 weeks
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Evidence of Evolution
o 4. Biogeochemical Similarities
 Cytochrome C is a protein involved in using
energy in the cell.
 Cytochrome C is found in most eukaryotes.
 Over time, random mutations in the DNA
sequence occur. As a result, the amino acid
sequence of Cytochrome C also changes. Cells
without usable Cytochrome C are unlikely to
survive.
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Evidence of Evolution
 Example of how to compare Cytochrome C
sequences:
 Species 1: GDVAKGKKIFVKCAQNW
 Species 2: GDVEKGKKTFVRCAQAH
 Species 3: ABCAKGKKHJSGHSGGG
 The less differences, the more closely related
two organisms are.
 The more difference, the less closely related two
organisms are.
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Species 1 & 3 have 12 differences
Evidence of Evolution
Cladogram- branching diagram showing
the relationship of animals based on their
shared anatomical features
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