Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary Biology

1. Theory of Evolution

   • Creationism
   • Catastrophism
   • Gradualism
   • Jean Baptiste de Lamark
     • Concepts
   • Charles Darwin

2. Evidences (6)

3. Hardy Weinberg Theorem

   • Conditions (5)
     • Explain each conditions
   • Equation

4. Causes of Evolutionary Change

   • Mutations
     • Types of mutations
   • Main drivers of changes
     • Genetic Drift
       • Bottleneck Effect
       • Founder effect
     • Gene flow
       • Rate of gene flow
     • Natural Selection
       • Give examples
       • Disruptive
       • Stabilizing
       • Directional

5. Preservation of genetic variation

   • Diploidy
   • Balancing Selection
     • Heterozygote Advantage
     • Frequency-dependent Selection
   • Neutral Variation

6. Types of Selection

   • Compare all types of selection against each other
   • Natural Selection
     • Assumptions (4)
     • Definition
     • Limitations
   • Sexual Selection
     • Intrasexual Selection
     • Intersexual Selection
       • How do female preferences evolve
   • Artificial Selection

7. Patterns of Evolution

   • Co-evolution
   • Convergent Evolution
   • Divergent Evolution
   • Patterns of Macroevolution

8. Speciation

   • Species Concept
     • BSC
     • MSC
     • ESC
     • PSC
   • Reproductive Barriers
     • Pre-zygotic (5)
     • Post-zygotic (3)
   • Processes Behind Speciation
     • Allopatric
     • Sympatric
       • Gene Flow Reduced via (3)

9. Origins of Life

   • 1. Abiotic synthesis of organic molecules
     • 1st Hypothesis
       • Miller-Urey experiment
     • 2nd Hypothesis
   • 2. Formation of macromolecules
   • 3. Formation of protocells
   • 4. Formation of self-replication molecules
   • Oxygen revolution
   • Mass extinctions
     • Permian
     • Cretaceous
     • Adaptive radiation

10. Taxonomy and Phylogeny

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