Theory of Evolution Today Supporting Evidence
Fossil Record Earth is billions of years old Fossils in different layers of rock showed evidence of gradual change over time
Geographic Distribution of Living Species Different animals on different continents but similar adaptations to shared environments
Homologous Structures: features that are similar in structure but appear in different organisms and have different functions
Homologous Body Structures Scientists noticed animals with backbones (vertebrates) had similar bone structure May differ in form or function Example: limb bones develop in similar patterns Arms, Wings, Legs, Flippers Develop through divergent evolution
Analogous Structures: structures that perform a similar function (in this example, flight) but are not similar in origin; develop through convergent evolution
Vestigial Structures: remnants of organs or structures that once had a function in an early ancestor
Similarities In Embryonic Development Evidence for Evolution - Comparative Embryology Similarities In Embryonic Development
Chicken Turtle Rat
Human Fetus – 5 weeks
Similarities in DNA Sequence
Evolution of pesticide or antibiotic resistance in response to selection
Evidence for Evolution – Evolution Observed Evolution of drug-resistance in HIV
Evolutionary Time Scales Macroevolution: Long time scale events that create and destroy species.
Evolutionary Time Scales Microevolution: Short time scale events (generation-to-generation) that change the genotypes and phenotypes of populations
p. 34 – Biological Resistance – copy the following questions, and leave spaces for your answers. What do you think biological resistance is? How do you think that the first pesticide resistant tick got here? How could this example of pesticide resistance in ticks be similar to antibiotic resistance among bacteria? Is biological resistance an example of natural selection or artificial selection?
# of Drug Generation: Resistant Ticks: 1 1 2 3 3 8 4 13 5 16 6 18
Biological Resistance Biological Resistance: resistance of a microorganism to a drug that was originally effective for treatment of infections caused by it.
Biological resistance happens through the overuse and misuse of drugs and pesticides.
Speciation Coevolution The evolution of two or more species from a common ancestor Coevolution Two or more species evolve in response to changes in each other