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Biological evolution

The change in the genetic composition of a population over successive generations.

Who first proposed the concept of biological evolution?

Lamarck

What was Lamarck’s contribution to the concept of evolution?

Who are the two individual’s that independently proposed the hypothesis of natural

selection to explain evolution? When and how did they present their ideas?

Can you summarize the hypothesis of natural selection as put forth by Darwin?

how is the fitness of an individual defined?

how can natural selection lead to adaptations?

Can you give examples of experiments and data that document natural selection occurs

in populations?

Can you compare and contrast artificial selection with natural selection?

Can you give examples of artificial selection?

fossil record

biogeography

comparative anatomy

comparative embryology

molecular biology

resistant organisms

microevolution

what are the causes of microevolution? Which of these leads to adaptive changes in a population?

stabilizing selection

directional selection

disruptive selection

Can you explain how genetic drift changes a gene pool?

Can you define and give examples of the bottleneck effect and founder effect?

How does gene flow affect the gene pools of populations?

What is mutation and how can it be important for microevolution?

Can you define and give examples of sexual selection?

How can sexual selection affect the traits of males and females?

What is Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?