Evolutionary thinking

3-14-2001


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Table of Contents

Evolutionary thinking
The last two weeks
Mendelian genetics
Complex behaviors & simple traits
Chemical nature of inheritance
Evolution
Aristotle
"The great chain of being"
18th century science
Carl von Linne or Linnaeus
Carl von Linne or Linnaeus
Two related species
Two related species
Two more related species
Evidence for change
Similarity of widely dispersed species
Diversity on isolated islands

Author: Philip Farabaugh

Similar morphology: pelvis
Similarities: vertebrate forelimb
Fossil record
Explanations for change?
Explanations for change?
Charles Darwin
Malthus
Darwinian selection
Darwin's theory of evolution
"Theorys" of evolution
Molecular evidence of evolution
Evolution of animals (metazoa)
Genome sequences & evolution
200 genes?
Darwin & religion
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