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Chapter 18 - Population Genetics And Evolution - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 18 - Population Genetics And Evolution
Concepts
Evolution - Gradual conversion of one species to new species
takes 1000s of generations and millions of years
caused by natural selection
geologic evolution accounts for changing landscapes
Population genetics
deal with abundance of different alleles in a population and increase/decrease of particular alleles
Gene pool - total # of alleles in all sex cells of all individuals of a population
Factors that cause the gene pool to change
Mutations- causes existing alleles decrease and new alleles increase
Accidents- events to which an organism cant adapt
accidents can affect in many ways
if area of accident has same gene frequency as gen. pop. alleles are eliminated w/ same proportions a
if individual w/ unique allele is killed that allele is wiped out
If area has one allele more frequent that allele is affected more and thus frequency of that allele is altered
many types of accidents
volcanic eruption
droughts
floods
hailstorms
Artificial Selection - process of humans intentionally changing allele frequency in a gene pool
examples include selective breeding of crops and animals
plants and animals are bred to have desirable traits such as disease resistance
Natural Selection - individuals most adapted to an environment survive (survival of the fittest)
2 conditions must be met before this can occur
Population must make more offspring than can possibly grow and survive
Progeny must differ from each other in their types of alleles
Situations in which natural selection does not operate
if adaptation to condition is impossible
cant operate if all individuals are identical
universal surivival
Multiple Selection Pressures
loss of individuals and reduced reproduction not caused by a single factor
Rates Of Evolution
Evolutionary rates vary greatly
Speciation
Speciation is when natural selection causes enough change that the population must be considered a new species
Organisms are considered distinct species if they cant produce fertile offspring when cross
Occurs in two ways
divergent speciation - some populations of a species evolve into a 2nd new species while others continue unchanged
two regions are reproductively isolated if alleles from one region do not reach another
Abiological reproductive barriers are physical, nonliving barriers that prevents two populations from exchanging genes
speciation that results from this is called allopatric or geographic speciation
Biological reproductive barriers are any biological phenomenon that prevents successful gene flow
include flower shape, fragrance, color, etc.
speciation from this is sympatric speciation
prezygotic isolation mechanisms are those that prevent pollination or fertilization
postzygotic internal isolation barriers are those that arise when two or more subpopulations become to different to breed
hybrid sterility occurs when two populations interbreed but the offspring is infertile
Hybrid inviability occurs when a zygote or embryo dies early in development due to incompatibility
Adaptive radiation is a type of divergent speciation in which a species rapidly diverges into many new species in a short period of time
phyletic speciation - one species changes gradually enough to be considered a new species
Movement of alleles physically through space is called gene flow and it occurs in many ways
Seed dispersal
Vegitative propagation - mobile pieces that produce vegitatively
pollen transfer
Convergent Evolution
is when two species evolve to the point that they strongly resemble eachother
Evolution and The Origin Of Life
chemosynthesis is a hypothesis that models the origin of life using known physical and chemical processes
Conditions on Earth Before the Origin of Life
Chemicals present in the atmosphere
Second atmosphere was hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, methane and water. This second atmosphere was a reducing atmosphere
Energy Sources
Uv and gamma radiation, heat, and electricity
Time available for the origin of life
There simply was no time limit
Chemicals produced chemosynthetically
an experiment from 1953 created complex organic compounds from water and electricity
Formation Of Polymers
monomers had to concentrate greatly to form polymers
This was possible to due to pools at the seaside in which monomers became highly concentrated
Monomers may have concentrated in particles of clay as well
Aggregation and Organization
hydrophobic material would have accumulated as oil slicks on water. Eventually they may have formed simple metabolisms