BIO120H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sex Organ, Guana Island, Malachite
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Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution . Fruit fly geneticist and founder of the modern evolutionary synthesis. One of the most influential concepts of western thought. Evolutionary mechanisms (microevolution: where one studies evolutionary mechanism, process related questions and experiments, within populations, determining the ecological and genetic mechanisms responsible for evolutionary change, involve population-level studies of natural selection, adaptation and speciation using diverse organisms. Theoretical develop models verbal, graphical, mathematical. Comparative obtain same data from many species. Experimental manipulate a system to address a specific hypothesis; requires an experimental design and statistical analysis. Organisms on earth have changed through time. Lineages split or branch by speciation resulting in the generation of biodiversity (we see this in the fossil record) Most evolutionary change results from natural selection - the only process responsible for the evolution of biodiversity and adaptation. Biodiversity and adaptation are therefore products of the evolutionary process.
