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PATTERNS IN EVOLUTION Pages 438-441. Patterns in Evolution 1.Divergent evolution (aka-adaptive radiation) 2.Convergent 3.Coevolution.

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1 PATTERNS IN EVOLUTION Pages 438-441

2 Patterns in Evolution 1.Divergent evolution (aka-adaptive radiation) 2.Convergent 3.Coevolution

3 Divergent evolution(aka- adaptive radiation) When one species gives rise to many in response to the creation of a new habitat or another ecological opportunity

4 Darwin's Finch’s

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6 Convergent evolution Unrelated organisms appear alike Due to having a similar environment or having the same selective pressures Do NOT share a common ancestor

7 These aquatic organisms benefit from streamlined bodies and fins, but they are not related by a common ancestor.

8 Convergent example Marsupials and placental mammals

9 EvolutionCONVERGENT DIVERGENT (adaptive radiation) NS favors… Traits favorable to environment Type of habitat SimilarDifferent Reflected in… Analogous traits Homologous and Vestigial traits Result  Unrelated species appear alike Related species may appear unalike

10 Coevolution (2 evolve together) One species adapts in response to another’s adaptation – If a species of flower adapts larger petals. The pollinator species, who relies on the flower for food, must also adapt a longer beak in order to reach the nectar.

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12 EVOLUTION Rates of

13 Gradualism Theory that evolution occurs in small gradual step over time.

14 Rapid Rate of Change: Punctuated Equilibrium Species change little over time Then, new species arise abruptly and are quite different –i.e. Rate of speciation is a pattern of long stable periods interrupted (punctuated) by short periods of rapid change

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