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 How Populations Evolve

 Evolutionary changes occur from generation to generation, causing descendants to differ from their ancestors  Evolution is a property not of individuals, but of populations ◦ A population is a group that includes all members of a species living in a given area

 Genes and the environment interact to determine traits ◦ All cells contain DNA ◦ DNA consists of genes  homozygous for that gene  heterozygous for that gene ◦ The specific alleles borne on an organism’s chromosomes (its genotype) interact with the environment to influence the development of its physical and behavioral traits (its phenotype)

 Genes and the environment interact to determine traits ◦ Coat color in hamsters illustrates the interaction between genotype and phenotype ◦ Coat color is determined by two alleles in hamsters  The dominant allele encodes for an enzyme that catalyzes black pigment formation  The recessive allele encodes for an enzyme that catalyzes brown pigment

homozygous BBBb BBBbbb heterozygous bb chromosomes genotype phenotype Coat-color allele B is dominant, so heterozygous hamsters have black coats Each chromosome has one allele of the coat-color gene heterozygous Fig. 15-1

BB BBBBBBBB Bb BBBBbbbb BBBBbbbb bb bbbbbbbb bbbbbbbb bb Bb BBBBbbbb Population : 25 individuals Gene pool : 50 alleles The gene pool for the coat-color gene contains 20 copies of allele B and 30 copies for allele b ◦ Population genetics deals with the frequency, distribution, and inheritance of alleles in populations ◦ A gene pool consists of all the alleles of all the genes in all individuals of a population

 The gene pool is the sum of the genes in a population ◦ For a given gene, the proportion of times a certain allele occurs in a population relative to the occurrence of all the alleles for that gene is called its allele frequency ◦ Again, coat color in hamsters can be used to illustrate the idea of allele frequency  A population of 25 hamsters contains 50 alleles of the coat color gene (hamsters are diploid)  If 20 of those 50 alleles code for black coats, then the frequency of the black allele is 0.40, or 40% (20/50 = 0.40)

 Evolution is the change of allele frequencies within a population ◦ A population geneticist defines evolution as the changes in allele frequencies that occur in a gene pool over time ◦ If allele frequencies change from one generation to the next, the population is evolving ◦ If allele frequencies do not change from generation to generation, the population is not evolving

 The conditions we need to see that would predict five major causes of evolutionary change

 Mutations are the original source of genetic variability ◦ Mutations are rare changes in the base sequence of DNA in a gene  They usually have little or no immediate effect and can be passed to offspring only if they occur in cells that give rise to gametes (1 in 100,000 gametes or 50,000 newborns)  Source of new alleles and can be beneficial, harmful, or neutral  Mutations arise spontaneously, not as a result of or in anticipation of, environmental necessity

 Gene flow between populations changes allele frequencies ◦ Gene flow is the movement of alleles from one population to another  Movement of individuals between populations with interbreeding is a common cause of gene flow

 Gene flow between populations changes allele frequencies ◦ The main evolutionary effect of gene flow is to increase the genetic similarity of different populations of a species  Mixing alleles prevents the development of large differences in genetic compositions of populations  If gene flow between populations of a species is blocked, the resulting genetic differences may grow so large that one of the populations becomes a new species

 Allele frequencies may drift in small populations ◦ Genetic drift is the random change in allele frequencies over time brought about by chance alone  Little effect in very large populations  Occurs more rapidly and has a bigger effect on small populations, where chance may dictate that the alleles of only a few individuals are passed on

In each generation, only two randomly chosen individuals breed; their offspring form the entire next generation Generation 1 frequency of B = 50% frequency of b = 50% BB Bb BB Bb BB Bb BB Bb BB Bb bb Generation 2 frequency of B = 25% frequency of b = 75% Generation 3 Bb bb frequency of B = 0% frequency of b = 100% bb Fig. 15-5

 Allele frequencies may drift in small populations ◦ In very small populations, drift can result in the complete loss of an allele in only a few generations, even if it is the more frequent one ◦ There are two causes of genetic drift  Population bottleneck  Founder effect

 Allele frequencies may drift in small populations ◦ A population bottleneck is a drastic reduction in population size brought about by a natural catastrophe or overhunting  Only a few individuals left to contribute genes  Rapidly change allele frequencies and reduce genetic variation by eliminating alleles

Fig. 15-7

 Allele frequencies may drift in small populations ◦ A bottleneck has been documented in the northern elephant seal  Hunted almost to extinction in the 1800s, the elephant seals had been reduced to only 20 individuals by the 1890s  A hunting ban allowed the population to increase to 30,000  Biochemical analysis shows that present-day northern elephant seals are almost genetically identical  Despite their numbers, their lack of genetic variation leaves them little flexibility to evolve if their environmental circumstances change

 Allele frequencies may drift in small populations ◦ The founder effect occurs when a small number of individuals leave a large population and establish a new isolated population ◦ By chance, the allele frequencies of founders may differ from those of the original population

 Mating within a population is almost never random ◦ Organisms within a population rarely mate randomly  Many organisms have limited mobility and tend to remain near their place of birth, hatching, or germination, thus increasing the likelihood of inbreeding  Nonrandom mating may lead to inbreeding, increasing the chance of producing homozygous offspring with two copies of harmful alleles

Fig  Mating within a population is almost never random ◦ Organisms within a population rarely mate randomly  In animals, nonrandom mating can also arise if individuals have preferences or biases that influence their choice of mates, as is the case for snow geese, which favor mates of the same color  A preference for mates that are similar is known as assortative mating

 Mating within a population is almost never random ◦ Nonrandom mating by itself will not change the overall frequency of alleles in a population ◦ Nonrandom mating, however, will change the distribution of genotypes and, therefore, of phenotypes in a population

 All genotypes are not equally beneficial ◦ Natural selection favors certain alleles at the expense of others  Those individuals with the selective advantage have higher reproductive success, so their alleles are passed on to the next generation ◦ The evolution of penicillin-resistant bacteria illustrates the relationship between natural selection and evolution

 All genotypes are not equally beneficial ◦ The first widespread use of penicillin occurred during World War II ◦ Penicillin killed almost all infection-causing bacteria ◦ Bacteria carrying a rare allele survived and reproduced ◦ Natural selection does not cause genetic changes in individuals  Penicillin did not cause the allele for resistance to appear  The allele for penicillin resistance arose spontaneously (before exposure to penicillin)

 Natural selection stems from unequal reproduction ◦ Natural selection is often associated with the phrase “survival of the fittest” ◦ The fittest individuals are those that not only survive, but are able to leave the most offspring behind  Ultimately, it is reproductive success that determines the future of an individual’s alleles

 Natural selection stems from unequal reproduction ◦ Evolution is the change in allele frequencies of a population, owing to unequal reproductive success among organisms bearing different alleles  Penicillin-resistant bacteria had greater fitness (reproductive success) than nonresistant bacteria because the resistant bacteria produced greater numbers of viable offspring  Evolutionary changes are not “good” or “progressive” in any absolute sense

 Some phenotypes reproduce more successfully than others ◦ Successful phenotypes are those that have the best adaptations to their particular environment ◦ Adaptations are characteristics that help an individual survive and reproduce

 Some phenotypes reproduce more successfully than others ◦ Adaptations arise from the interactions of organisms with both the nonliving and the living parts of their environment  Nonliving (abiotic) environmental components include such things as climate, the availability of water, and the concentration of minerals in the soil  Living (biotic) environmental components consist of other organisms  competition, coevolution, and sexual selection

 Some phenotypes reproduce more successfully than others ◦ Competition is an interaction among individuals who attempt to utilize a limited resource  The competition may be among individuals of the same species or of different species  It is most intense among members of the same species because they all require the same things

 Some phenotypes reproduce more successfully than others ◦ When two species interact extensively, each exerts strong selective pressures on the other ◦ This constant, mutual feedback between two species is called coevolution  Predator-prey relationships generate strong coevolutionary forces

 Some phenotypes reproduce more successfully than others ◦ Predation is an interaction in which one organism (the predator) kills and eats another organism (the prey) ◦ Coevolution between predators and prey is akin to a “biological arms race”  Wolf predation selects against slow, careless deer  Alert swift deer select against slow, clumsy wolves

 Natural selection does not cause genetic changes in individuals  Natural selection acts on individuals, but it is populations that are changed by evolution  Evolution by natural selection is not progressive; it does not make organisms “better”

 Some phenotypes reproduce more successfully than others ◦ Sexual selection is a type of selection that favors traits that help an organism acquire a mate ◦ Examples of traits that help males acquire mates include the following  Conspicuous features (bright colors, long feathers or fins, elaborate antlers)  Bizarre courtship behaviors  Loud, complex courting songs

 Some phenotypes reproduce more successfully than others ◦ Darwin recognized that sexual selection could be driven either (1) by sexual contests among males or (2) by female preference for particular male phenotypes  Male–male competition for access to females can favor the evolution of features that provide an advantage in fights or ritual displays of aggression

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 Some phenotypes reproduce more successfully than others ◦ Where females actively choose their mates, males often develop elaborate ornamentation and displays that often leave them more vulnerable to predation ◦ Even though they expose a male to predation, elaborate displays may signal to females that the male is especially worthy of mating because he is healthy and vigorous enough to overcome the selective disadvantages of his conspicuous appearance

 Natural selection and sexual selection can lead to various patterns of evolutionary change in three ways ◦ Directional selection ◦ Stabilizing selection ◦ Disruptive selection

 Directional selection favors individuals with an extreme-value trait and selects against both average individuals and individuals at the opposite extreme ◦ If environmental conditions change in a consistent way, a species may respond by evolving in a consistent direction  For example, if the climate becomes colder, mammal species may evolve thicker fur

 Stabilizing selection favors individuals with the average value of a trait, such as intermediate body size, and selects against individuals with extreme values ◦ Stabilizing selection commonly occurs when a trait is under opposing environmental pressures from two different sources ◦ For example, Aristelliger lizards of intermediate body size are favored over the extremes  The smallest lizards have difficulty defending territory  The largest lizards are more likely to be eaten by owls

 Disruptive selection favors individuals at both extremes of a trait, and individuals with intermediate values are selected against ◦ Disruptive selection adapts individuals within a population to different habitats ◦ May occur when there is more than one type of useful resource ◦ The population divides into two phenotypic groups over time

before selection after selection Stabilizing selectionDirectional selection Larger-than-average sizes favored Smaller-than-average and larger- than-average sizes favored Average sizes favored trait, such as size Average phenotype shifts to larger size over time Population divides into two phenotypic groups over time Average phenotype does not change; phenotypic variability declines Disruptive selection time percent of population Fig

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