BIOLOGY 101 UNIT IV OUTLINE

 
BIOLOGY 101 UNIT IV OUTLINE
 
Evolution     
     Darwin's observations
          voyage of the Beagle
          Galapagos finches
     Darwin's theory
          Variability
               mutation
               sexual recombination
               natural selection                    
     Microevolution
          The peppered moth
          Resistance of insects to insecticides
          Bacterial resistance to antibiotics
     Biogeography
     Fossil record
     Homologous and analogous structures
The modern "synthetic theory"
Population genetics and evolution
     The gene pool
          Variation
          Hardy-Weinberg principle
     Changes in the gene pool
          gene flow
          genetic drift
          mutations
          selective mating
     Genetic bottleneck
     Hybrid vigor
Natural selection
     Balanced polymorphism
     Types of selection
          stabilizing
          disruptive
          directional
          frequency dependent
          sexual
               intrasexual
               intersexual
Patterns of evolution
     Divergent
     Convergent
     Coevolution