Evidence for Evolution/Common Ancestor Evidence for Evolution/Common Ancestor
Provides TRANSITIONAL LINKS between species
FOSSILS
SIMILAR EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
1.Homologous Structures: NOTE: similar structure, but NOT always function! 2.Analogous Structures NOTE: similar FUNCTION, but not STRUCTURE
SIMILAR ANATOMY
Body structure that has no function in a present day organism but was probably useful to an ancestor
VESTIGIAL STRUCTURES
Biochemical Evidence (Similar DNA) Biochemical Evidence (Similar DNA) Almost all living things use the same biochemical molecules such as……… DNA, Protein, ATP
WHAT IS EVOLUTION??? WHAT CAN CAUSE EVOLUTION???
Mechanisms/Causes of Evolution Notes
NATURAL SELECTION
MUTATIONS
GENE FLOW WHAT DOES THIS EVEN MEAN WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? oror
I CAN MATE WITH ONE OF YOU. I WILL DECIDE!!! NON-RANDOM MATING/SEXUAL SELECTION
Mechanisms/causes of Evolution Natural Selection Mutations Gene Flow Non Random Mating: Sexual Selection But Wait… There is one more agent
Genetic Drift Refers to changes in the population due to chance (random) Not due to natural selection
Natural Selection vs. Genetic Drift
Genetic Drift Population Before Disaster Occurs Population After
Types of Genetic Drift 1.Bottleneck Effect 2. Founder Effect
Bottleneck Effect a.Occurs when an event causes a significant percentage of the population or species to be killed or otherwise prevented from reproducing b.Often caused by natural disasters or human interference
Bottleneck Effect Model
Founder Effect Occurs when a few individuals found a colony and only a fraction of the total genetic diversity of the original population is represented.
Founder Effect
Example: Amish population Isolated religious sect that descended from a few German ancestors. As many as 1 out of every 14 people carry a recessive allele for unusual form of dwarfism and/or allele for polydactylism (extra fingers) In non-Amish population, only 1 in 1,000 has this allele
Let’s Practice a Few.
What term would best describe the picture below? Original Population Newly Established Population 1.Founder Effect 2.Bottleneck Effect 3.Mutation 4.I need help with this.
What term would best describe the picture below? 1.Founder effect 2.Bottleneck effect 3.Natural selection 4.I need help with this.
What mechanism of evolution is shown below? 1.Genetic Drift 2.Gene Flow 3.Mutation 4.Natural Selection
What Mechanism of Evolution is shown below? 1.Genetic Drift 2.Gene Flow 3.Natural Selection 4.Mutation
In reality, are these conditions achieved in populations? NO So, what do populations actually “do” over time?? EVOLVE
Is it possible to detect these changes in a population over a short period of time? YES Hardy-Weinberg provides the evidence!
Discuss with your partner the relationship between the terms… allele, genotype, and phenotype, homozygous, and heterozygous.
What is a Gene Pool?