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1 2 Unit Learning Goals a. Trace the history of the theory. b. Explain the history of life in terms of biodiversity, ancestry, and the rates of evolution. d. Relate natural selection to changes in organisms. Cosmos: Some things that Molecules do Where do I live? • What type of environment am I best “fit” for? • Hot/cold???? • Wet/dry??? • Why • Organisms have traits (GENES) that help them to survive in different environments. 4 A variation is a small change in a trait that makes an individual slightly different from other members of its species. • All organisms in a population are not the same. Variation/diversity exist. • What causes this variation?? What is Fitness? 5 • Fitness is a measure of reproductive success. (survive long enough to reproduce) • Reproductive success: Having traits so that an organism is able to pass on genes onto the next generation (and in a way so that the next generation can also pass those genes on) • Any trait that promotes survival — at least until one's reproductive years are over increases fitness. • Such traits are called adaptations. — What if an organism has a trait. 6 that makes it impossible to live in its environment? • The organism will not survive. • If it does not survive— it CANNOT reproduce. • If it does not reproduce—its genes are not passed to the next generation. What if the environment changes? 7 • If they do not have the traits (genes) that enable them to survive…they die, and DO NOT reproduce. • If they do have the traits, then they survive…and reproduce. • SO… the next generation has more of the “fit” traits for THAT environment. • The population then CHANGES! • This is a very slow process….does not occur over night…many generations must past before any change in the population can be seen. Natural Selection Current Theory … Natural Selection 8 •Also know as “survival of the fittest.” •Only certain members of the population will survive and reproduce. •Ones that survive are most suited to the environment—they are the most fit!!. survival of the fittest Humans have been doing this for 1000s of years! 9 Dog Breeds Corn Pigs Humans select and breed for certain traits. Examples: The largest hog, the cow that gives the most milk, fastest horse, or cutest dog. 10 Where do NEW traits come from? How do new traits arise? a) Mutations. b) Sexual Reproduction. 11 • Mixing of genes makes new combinations • A combo of traits may be necessary for survival……so… sexual reproduction and crossing over can create new combination of traits. Decent with modifications These changes increase a species’ fitness in their environment. 12 THE BASICS: A review 13 • ADAPTATIONS (traits) that are favorable become more prevalent within that population. • These traits will be passed on to the next generation. • The GENE POOL of a population CHANGES in favor of the “FITTEST” phenotype & genotype!!! Environment selecting “good” traits for THAT environment. 14 Example: Peppered Moth 15 16 Sampling the birds that died as well as those that survived showed that •the larger birds were favored over the smaller ones •those with larger beaks were favored over those with smaller ones. Beak length (mm) Beak depth (mm) Dead birds 10.68 9.42 Survivors 11.07 9.96 17 of Small beaks From 1976 through 1977, a severe drought struck an island in the Galapagos. Some phenotypes are more fit than others when it comes to competing for resources. The more “FIT” phenotype will survive and have the possibility of passing its alleles to the next generation. 18 19 20 Review Clip History • James Hutton -1785-Proposed that the Earth is millions of years old. • Many land formations took millions of years to form. • Known as the founder of modern geology. 21 History 22 • Thomas Malthus -1798• Proposed that populations outgrew their food supplies, causing competition between organisms and a struggle for one species to survive against another • This "struggle for existence" drives population change. History Jean-Baptiste Lamark -1809• Believed that all life forms evolved and that the driving force of evolution was the inheritance of acquired characteristics. • He believed that organisms changed due to the demands of their environment. 23 24 What we understand now: •Charles Lyell -1830-proposed 25 that plant and animal species had arisen, developed variations, and then became extinct over time. •He believed that every animal or plant, including humankind, was the present is the key to adapted to the niche in which it was understanding the past created. •He also believed that the Earth’s physical landscape changed over a long period of time. 15.1 • Alfred Russel Wallace -1858 • Emphasis was based on the idea of competition for resources as the main force in natural selection. Best known for independently proposing a theory of natural selection which prompted Charles Darwin to publish on his own theory 15.2 26 • Charles Darwin -1859- Publishes “On the Origin of Species” • Believed that Natural Selection is the driving force for evolution. 27 Charles Darwin 28 29 Summary of Darwin’s Ideas 30 1. Individual organisms differ, and some of this variation is heritable. 2. Organisms produce more offspring than can survive, and many that do survive do not reproduce. 3. Because more organisms are produced than can survive, they compete for limited resources. 4. Individuals best suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully. Summary of Darwin’s Ideas 5. These organisms pass their heritable traits to their offspring. Other individuals die or leave fewer offspring. 31 6. This process of natural selection causes species to change over time. 7. Species alive today are descended with modification from ancestral species that lived in the distant past. 8. This process, by which diverse species evolved from common ancestors, unites all organisms on Earth into a single tree of life. Review Clip Review Clip: 10min Whale Video Clip- Intro to evidence ( Questions in packet) 32 Evidence for Change Over Time Fossil Record • Fossils that show how the same organism looked millions of years ago. • Paleontology • Use rock layers • 1) Isotope dating Clip 33 Fossil Record 34 2) Relative Dating 35 36 Homologous structures 37 Homologous structures 38 Analogous versus Homologous Structures 39 40 Vestigial organs • Organs or structures that do not seem to be used by the organism any longer. • They are usually reduced in size. 41 42 Vestigial Organs c 43 •Things that cause change. •Why we are all a little bit different … Genetic Comparison 44 • The numbers represent the number of amino acid differences between the beta chain of humans and the hemoglobins of the other species. • In general, the number is inversely proportional to the closeness of kinship. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION 45 • Organisms that are related change/adapt according to their environment. Adaptive Radiation • The evolution of many diversely adapted species from a common ancestor • Relatively rapid • Usually occurs when a population colonizes an area of diverse geographic or ecological conditions. • New niches •Each species becomes specialized for a different set of conditions 46 47