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1 Charles Darwin: Theory of Evolution as a Mechanistic Process
JRMGUCE 2009

2 Charles Darwin: Theory of Evolution as a Mechanistic Process
Darwin’s Idea of Common Descent Darwin’s Idea of Multiplication of Species Darwin’s Idea of Gradualism Darwin’s Idea of Natural Selection

3 Darwin’s Idea of Common Descent
Descent with modification A.K.A EVOLUTION common ancestor/prototype Accumulated diverse modifications or adaptations

4 The finches posed questions to Darwin:
Did they descend from one mainland ancestor, did islands allow isolated populations to evolve independently, and could present-day species have resulted from changes occurring in each isolated population???

5 Darwin’s Idea of Common Descent
Life history is like a tree Common trunk: multiple branching and re-branching Common ancestor in each fork of branching lineage of common descent Extinct species

6 TAXONOMY: Tree of Life Carolus Linnaeus - Species are fixed
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Genus species Carolus Linnaeus - Species are fixed - Ordered the great diversity of organisms into “groups subordinate to groups”

7 Reflected the genealogy of the tree of life

8 Darwin’s Idea of Multiplication of Species
species either split into or bud off other species geographical isolation of a founder species. Founder effect. The frequency of the a allele is low in the initial population, but a small subset, in which one individual is Aa, is removed from the large population and founds a new population. The frequency of a is markedly higher in this new population, due to its relatively high frequency in the founders

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10 Darwin’s Idea of Multiplication of Species
different ecological niches provide different ways of living different plants and animals come to fill different niches with different shapes and behaviors

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12 Darwin’s Idea of Gradualism
changes through the gradual change of population rather than the sudden production of new individuals species arise: Through gradual accumulation of adaptations to a different environment

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14 e.g. Darwin’s finches  ADAPTIVE RADIATION

15 Rapid evolution may arise:
Isolation of small population Migration of small group in a new environment Through mass extinction Because of geological barriers

16 Darwin’s Idea of Natural Selection
Compared processes in nature with artificial selection Developed a scientific hypothesis to explain how evolution occurs Struggle for existence (Malthus) Members of each species compete regularly to obtain food and living space and other necessities in life Central to his Theory of Evolution

17 Survival of the Fittest
* key factor in the struggle for existence * Fitness -ability to survive and reproduce -result of adaptation -central to the process of evolution by natural selection

18 referred to as: NATURAL SELECTION
LOW FITNESS Either DIE or LEAVE FEW OFFSPRINGS HIGH FITNESS LEVEL many OFFSPRINGS referred to as: NATURAL SELECTION accumulation of changes that differentiate groups from one another, such that a new species may arise

19 DARWIN’s MISSING INGREDIENT
Darwin did not understand the genetic basis for variation variations mutations genetic recombination mutation as a raw material for evolution

20 OTHER THINGS TO BE CONSIDERED
Natural vs. Artificial selection Importance of population in evolution smallest unit that can evolve Natural selection acts on individuals but INDIVIDUALS DO NOT EVOLVE

21 DESCENT WITH MODIFICATION FROM ANCESTRAL SPECIES
Darwinian View of LIFE Diverse forms have arisen DESCENT WITH MODIFICATION FROM ANCESTRAL SPECIES Biological diversity Mechanism of modification NATURAL SELECTION

22 Patterns of Evolution Mass extinction
99% of the species ever lived are now extinct wiped out whole ecological systems* Cretaceous extinction Large asteroid struck the earth Can be caused by eruptions of many large volcanoes (Permian and Cretaceous) , changing of positions of continents and changing of sea levels * Disrupting energy flows and causing food web to collapse

23 Patterns of Evolution Adaptive Radiation
single species or small group of species has evolved into several different forms that live in different ways Ex. Darwin’s Finches Dinosaurs Mammals

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25 Patterns of Evolution Convergent Evolution
unrelated organisms come to resemble one another Natural selection may mold different body structures structures tend to function the same way and look similar Analogous structures same look and function Different embryonic origin

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27 Patterns of Evolution Coevolution
two species evolve in response to the changes in each other over time Ex. Fig trees and wasps

28 Patterns of Evolution Developmental Genes and Body Plans Hox genes

29 Process of Speciation Species
group of organisms that can interbreed and produce a fertile offspring Share a common gene pool As new species evolve populations become reproductively isolated from each other Reproductive isolation Can be: Behavioral, Geographical and Temporal

30 Process of Speciation Behavioral isolation Geographical isolation
Capable of interbreeeding but has different courtship rituals or behavior Geographical isolation Two populations are separated by geographic barriers Acted by natural selection Ex. Abert and Kaibab Squirrels

31 Process of Speciation

32 Process of Speciation

33 DIANE DODD’s Experiment


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