EVOLUTION
Jean-Baptiste Lamark : most famous for incorrectly theorizing on the process of evolution He thought that as a giraffe stretches its neck to reach for food, its neck grows longer; this trait is passed to offspring did not realize that acquired traits are not genetic
SPECIATION : the development of a new species Sometimes the variation among organisms is too great; eventually they could become separate species
SPECIES: a population of organisms that can produce fertile offspring able to reproduce
HORSE – Equus caballus DONKEY – Equus assinus MULE X
GEOGRAPHIC Isolation : two populations are separated by geographic barriers such as rivers, mountains, bodies of water, etc. Ex: Albert Squirrel and Kaibab Squirrel
PANGAEA : a supercontinent that formed over 300 million years ago Began separating 200 million years ago Continents continue to shift today
BEHAVIORAL Isolation : two groups of a population exhibit different behaviors which separate the population Ex: Eastern Meadowlarks & Western Meadowlarks have different mating songs
TEMPORAL Isolation : two groups of a population exhibit different times of breeding Ex: flowers blooming in different seasons
REPRODUCTIVE Isolation : the DNA of two species is too different to produce fertile offspring Ex: horse and donkeys produce non-fertile mules
DIVERGENT EVOLUTION : evolution of different features from similar lineages
DIVERGENT EVOLUTION : evolution of different features from similar lineages
DIVERGENT EVOLUTION : evolution of different features from similar lineages
CONVERGENT EVOLUTION : evolution of similar features from different lineages
CONVERGENT EVOLUTION : evolution of similar features from different lineages
CONVERGENT EVOLUTION : evolution of similar features from different lineages
CONVERGENT EVOLUTION : evolution of similar features from different lineages
DIVERGENT same becomes different CONVERGENT different becomes same