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SBC174/SBS110: Evolution (& Ecology)
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Course Outlineand Timetable
http://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3972
Yannick Wurm
YW
Andrea Hatlen
AH
Dave Hone
DH
http://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3972Semester A: Evolution
http://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3972
Week 1: YW – Introduction, Historical context, Neo Darwinism
Semester A: Evolution
http://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3972
Week 1: YW – Introduction, Historical context, Neo DarwinismWeek 2: YW – Geological Aspects, Drivers of Evolution, Levels of Evolution
Semester A: Evolution
http://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3972
Week 1: YW – Introduction, Historical context, Neo DarwinismWeek 2: YW – Geological Aspects, Drivers of Evolution, Levels of EvolutionWeek 3: YW – Fossils, DNA and Molecules
Semester A: Evolution
http://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3972
Week 1: YW – Introduction, Historical context, Neo DarwinismWeek 2: YW – Geological Aspects, Drivers of Evolution, Levels of EvolutionWeek 3: YW – Fossils, DNA and MoleculesWeek 4: YW – Human Evolution
Semester A: Evolution
http://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3972
Week 1: YW – Introduction, Historical context, Neo DarwinismWeek 2: YW – Geological Aspects, Drivers of Evolution, Levels of EvolutionWeek 3: YW – Fossils, DNA and MoleculesWeek 4: YW – Human Evolution Week 5: DH – Evolution of Sex, Sexual Selection
Semester A: Evolution
http://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3972
Week 1: YW – Introduction, Historical context, Neo DarwinismWeek 2: YW – Geological Aspects, Drivers of Evolution, Levels of EvolutionWeek 3: YW – Fossils, DNA and MoleculesWeek 4: YW – Human Evolution Week 5: DH – Evolution of Sex, Sexual SelectionWeek 6: AH – Genetic Basis of Evolution
Semester A: Evolution
http://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3972
Week 1: YW – Introduction, Historical context, Neo DarwinismWeek 2: YW – Geological Aspects, Drivers of Evolution, Levels of EvolutionWeek 3: YW – Fossils, DNA and MoleculesWeek 4: YW – Human Evolution Week 5: DH – Evolution of Sex, Sexual SelectionWeek 6: AH – Genetic Basis of Evolution Week 7: Mid semester break, no lectures.
Semester A: Evolution
http://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3972
Week 1: YW – Introduction, Historical context, Neo DarwinismWeek 2: YW – Geological Aspects, Drivers of Evolution, Levels of EvolutionWeek 3: YW – Fossils, DNA and MoleculesWeek 4: YW – Human Evolution Week 5: DH – Evolution of Sex, Sexual SelectionWeek 6: AH – Genetic Basis of Evolution Week 7: Mid semester break, no lectures.Week 8: AH – Founder Effects, Genetic Drift
Semester A: Evolution
http://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3972
Week 1: YW – Introduction, Historical context, Neo DarwinismWeek 2: YW – Geological Aspects, Drivers of Evolution, Levels of EvolutionWeek 3: YW – Fossils, DNA and MoleculesWeek 4: YW – Human Evolution Week 5: DH – Evolution of Sex, Sexual SelectionWeek 6: AH – Genetic Basis of Evolution Week 7: Mid semester break, no lectures.Week 8: AH – Founder Effects, Genetic Drift + Computer Practical (tues or thurs afternoon)
Semester A: Evolution
http://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3972
Week 1: YW – Introduction, Historical context, Neo DarwinismWeek 2: YW – Geological Aspects, Drivers of Evolution, Levels of EvolutionWeek 3: YW – Fossils, DNA and MoleculesWeek 4: YW – Human Evolution Week 5: DH – Evolution of Sex, Sexual SelectionWeek 6: AH – Genetic Basis of Evolution Week 7: Mid semester break, no lectures.Week 8: AH – Founder Effects, Genetic Drift + Computer Practical (tues or thurs afternoon) Week 9: AH – Mutation, Selection and Gene Selection
Semester A: Evolution
In Jean Smith’s Timetable; not yet on “SMART”
http://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3972
Week 1: YW – Introduction, Historical context, Neo DarwinismWeek 2: YW – Geological Aspects, Drivers of Evolution, Levels of EvolutionWeek 3: YW – Fossils, DNA and MoleculesWeek 4: YW – Human Evolution Week 5: DH – Evolution of Sex, Sexual SelectionWeek 6: AH – Genetic Basis of Evolution Week 7: Mid semester break, no lectures.Week 8: AH – Founder Effects, Genetic Drift + Computer Practical (tues or thurs afternoon) Week 9: AH – Mutation, Selection and Gene SelectionWeek 10: DH – Systematics, Speciation
Semester A: Evolution
In Jean Smith’s Timetable; not yet on “SMART”
http://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3972
Week 1: YW – Introduction, Historical context, Neo DarwinismWeek 2: YW – Geological Aspects, Drivers of Evolution, Levels of EvolutionWeek 3: YW – Fossils, DNA and MoleculesWeek 4: YW – Human Evolution Week 5: DH – Evolution of Sex, Sexual SelectionWeek 6: AH – Genetic Basis of Evolution Week 7: Mid semester break, no lectures.Week 8: AH – Founder Effects, Genetic Drift + Computer Practical (tues or thurs afternoon) Week 9: AH – Mutation, Selection and Gene SelectionWeek 10: DH – Systematics, SpeciationWeek 11: DH – Evolution of Parasites, Antibiotics
Semester A: Evolution
In Jean Smith’s Timetable; not yet on “SMART”
http://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3972
Week 1: YW – Introduction, Historical context, Neo DarwinismWeek 2: YW – Geological Aspects, Drivers of Evolution, Levels of EvolutionWeek 3: YW – Fossils, DNA and MoleculesWeek 4: YW – Human Evolution Week 5: DH – Evolution of Sex, Sexual SelectionWeek 6: AH – Genetic Basis of Evolution Week 7: Mid semester break, no lectures.Week 8: AH – Founder Effects, Genetic Drift + Computer Practical (tues or thurs afternoon) Week 9: AH – Mutation, Selection and Gene SelectionWeek 10: DH – Systematics, SpeciationWeek 11: DH – Evolution of Parasites, AntibioticsWeek 12: DH – Convergence, Revision Session
Semester A: Evolution
In Jean Smith’s Timetable; not yet on “SMART”
http://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3972
Week 1: YW – Introduction, Historical context, Neo DarwinismWeek 2: YW – Geological Aspects, Drivers of Evolution, Levels of EvolutionWeek 3: YW – Fossils, DNA and MoleculesWeek 4: YW – Human Evolution Week 5: DH – Evolution of Sex, Sexual SelectionWeek 6: AH – Genetic Basis of Evolution Week 7: Mid semester break, no lectures.Week 8: AH – Founder Effects, Genetic Drift + Computer Practical (tues or thurs afternoon) Week 9: AH – Mutation, Selection and Gene SelectionWeek 10: DH – Systematics, SpeciationWeek 11: DH – Evolution of Parasites, AntibioticsWeek 12: DH – Convergence, Revision Session
Semester A: Evolution
Final Grade:
In Jean Smith’s Timetable; not yet on “SMART”
http://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3972
Week 1: YW – Introduction, Historical context, Neo DarwinismWeek 2: YW – Geological Aspects, Drivers of Evolution, Levels of EvolutionWeek 3: YW – Fossils, DNA and MoleculesWeek 4: YW – Human Evolution Week 5: DH – Evolution of Sex, Sexual SelectionWeek 6: AH – Genetic Basis of Evolution Week 7: Mid semester break, no lectures.Week 8: AH – Founder Effects, Genetic Drift + Computer Practical (tues or thurs afternoon) Week 9: AH – Mutation, Selection and Gene SelectionWeek 10: DH – Systematics, SpeciationWeek 11: DH – Evolution of Parasites, AntibioticsWeek 12: DH – Convergence, Revision Session
Semester A: Evolution
20% WorkshopFinal Grade:
In Jean Smith’s Timetable; not yet on “SMART”
http://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3972
Week 1: YW – Introduction, Historical context, Neo DarwinismWeek 2: YW – Geological Aspects, Drivers of Evolution, Levels of EvolutionWeek 3: YW – Fossils, DNA and MoleculesWeek 4: YW – Human Evolution Week 5: DH – Evolution of Sex, Sexual SelectionWeek 6: AH – Genetic Basis of Evolution Week 7: Mid semester break, no lectures.Week 8: AH – Founder Effects, Genetic Drift + Computer Practical (tues or thurs afternoon) Week 9: AH – Mutation, Selection and Gene SelectionWeek 10: DH – Systematics, SpeciationWeek 11: DH – Evolution of Parasites, AntibioticsWeek 12: DH – Convergence, Revision Session
Semester A: Evolution
20% WorkshopFinal Grade:
80% Exam
In Jean Smith’s Timetable; not yet on “SMART”
Semester B: Ecology
All lectures by David Hone Week 1: Introduction, Ecosystem servicesWeek 2: Extinctions, Plants (global view)Week 3: Invertebrate Ecology, Invertebrate InvadersWeek 4: Microbes, Techniques for Analysing MicrobesWeek 5: Plankton, Techniques for Analysing PlanktonWeek 6: Ecological Systems, Productivity,Week 7: Mid semester break – no lectures.Week 8: Salt Marsh Pollution, UK HabitatsWeek 9: Woodlands, Global WarmingWeek 10: Pollinator networks, SurveysWeek 11: Ecological Solutions, QMUL researchWeek 12: Revision session
+ Workshop + Fieldcourse
Final Grade:
Semester B: Ecology
All lectures by David Hone Week 1: Introduction, Ecosystem servicesWeek 2: Extinctions, Plants (global view)Week 3: Invertebrate Ecology, Invertebrate InvadersWeek 4: Microbes, Techniques for Analysing MicrobesWeek 5: Plankton, Techniques for Analysing PlanktonWeek 6: Ecological Systems, Productivity,Week 7: Mid semester break – no lectures.Week 8: Salt Marsh Pollution, UK HabitatsWeek 9: Woodlands, Global WarmingWeek 10: Pollinator networks, SurveysWeek 11: Ecological Solutions, QMUL researchWeek 12: Revision session
+ Workshop + Fieldcourse
Final Grade: 80% Exam; 5% Workshop; 15% Fieldcourse
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SBC174/SBS110: Evolution (& Ecology)
“Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution”
Theodosius Dobzhansky 1973
Recommended Reading
Paperback 352 pages (2010)Publisher : Profile Books
Amazon price: £5.89
Paperback 596 pages (11 Aug 2005)
Publisher : Oxford University PressAmazon price: £26.99
+Lots of stuff on youtube.
Lecture 1: Introduction and some historical perspectives
Early ideasTwo camps: Fixity of species or change?
Early ideasTwo camps: Fixity of species or change?
350 B.C. Aristotle:individuals in a “Species” are identical and unchanging
Early ideasTwo camps: Fixity of species or change?
350 B.C. Aristotle:individuals in a “Species” are identical and unchanging
1749 Buffon Histoire Naturelle encyclopedia: The earth is very old. Species change.
Early ideasTwo camps: Fixity of species or change?
350 B.C. Aristotle:individuals in a “Species” are identical and unchanging
1749 Buffon Histoire Naturelle encyclopedia: The earth is very old. Species change.
1785 Hutton. Geologist: Uniformitarianism: Changes in nature are gradual.
Early ideasTwo camps: Fixity of species or change?
350 B.C. Aristotle:individuals in a “Species” are identical and unchanging
1749 Buffon Histoire Naturelle encyclopedia: The earth is very old. Species change.
1785 Hutton. Geologist: Uniformitarianism: Changes in nature are gradual.
1798 Cuvier : Fossils show extinct species (due to catastrophe). Species don’t change.
3 Schools of evolutionary thought
1. Linnaeus:1700s
2. Lamarck: 1744—1829
3. Darwin & Wallace: 1800s
Carolus Linnaeus (1707—1778)
• Swedish
• 180 books classified nature: “revealing the order of life created by God.”: “God created, Linnaeus arranged”
• Devised the binomial naming system: Genus species
• Thought that species do not change.
3 Schools of evolutionary thought
3 Schools of evolutionary thought• Linneaus: each species was
separately created.
J-B. de Lamarck (1744—1829)
• Worked most of his life at the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris)
• He promoted the idea that species change.
3 Schools of evolutionary thought
1. Linnaeus:1700s
2. Lamarck: 1744-1829
3. Darwin & Wallace: 1800s
3 Schools of evolutionary thought• Linneaus: each species was
separately created.
3 Schools of evolutionary thought
• Lamarck: characteristics acquired by an individual are passed on to offspring.
• Linneaus: each species was separately created.
Giraffe necks• Lamarck: stretching giraffes
lengthened their necks to reach tree-top vegetation. This acquired characteristic is passed to offspring.
• Darwin & Wallace: giraffes with long necks out-compete those with short necks.
Giraffe necks• Lamarck: stretching giraffes
lengthened their necks to reach tree-top vegetation. This acquired characteristic is passed to offspring.
• Darwin & Wallace: giraffes with long necks out-compete those with short necks.
3 Schools of evolutionary thought
1. Linnaeus:1700s
2. Lamarck: 1744—1829
3. Darwin & Wallace: 1800s
Thomas Malthus (1766-1834)
Published on “principle of population”:Human populations increase faster (geometrically=exponentially) than food production (increases arithmetically = linearly)
Charles Lyell (1797-1875)Geologist, strong proponent of uniformitarianism (slow gradual change)
Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
Uniformitarianism. 4 ideas:
Geologist, strong proponent of uniformitarianism (slow gradual change)
Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
Uniformitarianism. 4 ideas: • Accepted by all scientists:
Geologist, strong proponent of uniformitarianism (slow gradual change)
Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
Uniformitarianism. 4 ideas: • Accepted by all scientists:
1. Natural laws are constant across space and time
Geologist, strong proponent of uniformitarianism (slow gradual change)
Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
Uniformitarianism. 4 ideas: • Accepted by all scientists:
1. Natural laws are constant across space and time2. Principle of parsimony: try to explain the past by
causes now in operation without inventing extra, fancy, or unknown causes, however plausible in logic, if available processes suffice.
Geologist, strong proponent of uniformitarianism (slow gradual change)
Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
Uniformitarianism. 4 ideas: • Accepted by all scientists:
1. Natural laws are constant across space and time2. Principle of parsimony: try to explain the past by
causes now in operation without inventing extra, fancy, or unknown causes, however plausible in logic, if available processes suffice.
• Debatable:
Geologist, strong proponent of uniformitarianism (slow gradual change)
Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
Uniformitarianism. 4 ideas: • Accepted by all scientists:
1. Natural laws are constant across space and time2. Principle of parsimony: try to explain the past by
causes now in operation without inventing extra, fancy, or unknown causes, however plausible in logic, if available processes suffice.
• Debatable:3. Change is slow, steady, and gradual.
Geologist, strong proponent of uniformitarianism (slow gradual change)
Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
Uniformitarianism. 4 ideas: • Accepted by all scientists:
1. Natural laws are constant across space and time2. Principle of parsimony: try to explain the past by
causes now in operation without inventing extra, fancy, or unknown causes, however plausible in logic, if available processes suffice.
• Debatable:3. Change is slow, steady, and gradual.4. Change is evenly distributed throughout space and time.
Geologist, strong proponent of uniformitarianism (slow gradual change)
Darwin & the Voyage of the Beagle
1831-1836
Galápagos finches
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Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
• Darwin at about 30 years old, and three years back from his voyage aboard HMS Beagle (1831-1836)
• The Origin of Species was published several decades later in 1859 (prompted by competition from Alfred Russel Wallace).
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913)
• Wallace in his thirties. (National Portrait Gallery, London.)
• In 1858 he came up with similar ideas to Darwin about the mechanism of evolutionary change
Read at the Linnean Society
Evolution by natural selection
Under optimal conditions, populations indefinitely increase in size.
Evolution by natural selection
Under optimal conditions, populations indefinitely increase in size.
Because they do not: * either not all animals reach maturity * and/or some animals breed less
Evolution by natural selection
Under optimal conditions, populations indefinitely increase in size.
Because they do not: * either not all animals reach maturity * and/or some animals breed less
Individuals within a population differ (natural variation)
Evolution by natural selection
Under optimal conditions, populations indefinitely increase in size.
Because they do not: * either not all animals reach maturity * and/or some animals breed less
Individuals within a population differ (natural variation)These differences (traits) may affect survival/reproduction
Evolution by natural selection
Under optimal conditions, populations indefinitely increase in size.
Because they do not: * either not all animals reach maturity * and/or some animals breed less
Individuals within a population differ (natural variation)These differences (traits) may affect survival/reproductionTraits are heritable: passed on from parents to offspring
Evolution by natural selection
Under optimal conditions, populations indefinitely increase in size.
Because they do not: * either not all animals reach maturity * and/or some animals breed less
Individuals within a population differ (natural variation)These differences (traits) may affect survival/reproductionTraits are heritable: passed on from parents to offspring
Advantageous traits lead to increased survival of certain lineages
Evolution by natural selection
3 Schools of evolutionary thought
• Lamarck: characteristics acquired by an individual are passed on to offspring.
• Linneaus: each species was separately created.
3 Schools of evolutionary thought
• Lamarck: characteristics acquired by an individual are passed on to offspring.
• Linneaus: each species was separately created.
• Darwin & Wallace: viewed evolution as descent with modification.
Giraffe necks• Lamarck: stretching giraffes
lengthened their necks to reach tree-top vegetation. This acquired characteristic is passed to offspring.
• Darwin & Wallace: giraffes with long necks have more offspring than those with short necks.
Giraffe necks• Lamarck: stretching giraffes
lengthened their necks to reach tree-top vegetation. This acquired characteristic is passed to offspring.
• Darwin & Wallace: giraffes with long necks have more offspring than those with short necks.
Giraffe necks• Lamarck: stretching giraffes
lengthened their necks to reach tree-top vegetation. This acquired characteristic is passed to offspring.
• Darwin & Wallace: giraffes with long necks have more offspring than those with short necks.
Actually: sexual selection??
(1859) "The Origin of Species"
A scheme or system of ideas or statements held as an explanation or account of a group of facts or phenomena; a hypothesis that has been confirmed or established by observation and experiment, and is propounded or accepted as accounting for the known facts.
theory |ˈTHēərē, ˈTHi(ə)rē|noun ( pl. theories )
Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection
(Oxford English Dictionary)
Darwin's Theory of Evolution (1859)"The Origin of Species"
Darwin's Theory of Evolution (1859)"The Origin of Species"
• There is inherited variation within species.
Darwin's Theory of Evolution (1859)"The Origin of Species"
• There is inherited variation within species.
• There is competition for survival within species.
Darwin's Theory of Evolution (1859)"The Origin of Species"
• There is inherited variation within species.
• There is competition for survival within species.
• Natural selection is the process whereby genetically inherited characteristics become more or less common in a population as a function of the differential reproductive success of the bearers of these characteristics.
Darwin's Theory of Evolution (1859)"The Origin of Species"
• There is inherited variation within species.
• There is competition for survival within species.
• Natural selection is the process whereby genetically inherited characteristics become more or less common in a population as a function of the differential reproductive success of the bearers of these characteristics.
•This process occurring independently on two populations of a single species leads to the accumulation of differences between the populations - and ultimately to speciation.
• But environmental conditions change: What was advantageous yesterday may be a disadvantage today.
• And evolution also occurs by: • genetic drift• sexual selection• artificial selection (selective breeding)
Natural selection leads to adaptive change
Summary of Lecture 1
Ideas on how the diversity of life was/is produced date back to the ancient Greeks
These ideas developed considerably in the 1800s, culminating in the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
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Geography Building
9-10: Great Hall, People’s Palace
Lecture 2
Darwin’s evidence for evolution
and
“Neo-Darwinism” or “The Modern Synthesis”
Darwin’s evidence for evolution
1. The Fossil Record
Darwin’s evidence for evolution
1. The Fossil Record
2. Comparative Anatomy
Darwin’s evidence for evolution
1. The Fossil Record
2. Comparative Anatomy
3. Comparative Embryology
Darwin’s evidence for evolution
1. The Fossil Record
2. Comparative Anatomy
3. Comparative Embryology4. Vestigial Structures
Darwin’s evidence for evolution
1. The Fossil Record
2. Comparative Anatomy
3. Comparative Embryology4. Vestigial Structures
5. Domestication (artificial selection)
Darwin’s evidence for evolution
1. The Fossil Record: Paleontology
Random order Reality: there is
sequential order to the fossil record
Lecture 5
1. The Fossil Record: Paleontology
Random order Reality: there is
sequential order to the fossil record
Lecture 5
1. The Fossil Record
2. Comparative Anatomy3. Comparative Embryology4. Vestigial Structures
5. Domestication (artificial selection)
Darwin’s evidence for evolution
2. Comparative anatomy
• Correspondence between parts and comparison of forelimbs among four vertebrates.
Diversity of type, unity of pattern
• Although these vertebrate species differ, the underlying pattern of the forelimb is fundamentally the same.
Homology and analogy
• Homology - vertebrate forearms: the bat wing, mouse forearm, and human arm are homologous structures as all are composed of similar bones inherited from a recent common ancestor.
Homology and analogy
• Analogy: The wings of bats, butterflies, and birds evolved independently, not from a recent common ancestor. But they have a similar function, flight, and so are analogous.
(here: convergent evolution)
Morphological series - evolution of limbs from fins
• Note homology of structures
1. The Fossil Record
2. Comparative Anatomy
3. Comparative Embryology4. Vestigial Structures
5. Domestication (artificial selection)
Darwin’s evidence for evolution
3. Comparative Embryology
• Embryonic retention of ancestral characteristics in vertebrates (e.g. gills and tails)
1. The Fossil Record
2. Comparative Anatomy
3. Comparative Embryology
4. Vestigial Structures5. Domestication (artificial selection)
Darwin’s evidence for evolution
4. Vestigial features I • Whales: hips and hind limbs are reduced to small bones with no function.
• In primitive snakes, the remnants of hind limbs persist (forelimbs are absent).
Vestigial features II
• The human appendix is a vestigial structure, reduced from the caecum of primate ancestors.
Vestigial features II
• The human appendix is a vestigial structure, reduced from the caecum of primate ancestors.
• Others: muscles to move ears, “goose bumps”
1. The Fossil Record
2. Comparative Anatomy
3. Comparative Embryology4. Vestigial Structures
5. Domestication (artificial selection)
Darwin’s evidence for evolution
Von Holdt et al. (2010) Nature 464, 898-903
5. Domestication (artificial selection)
1. The Fossil Record
2. Comparative Anatomy
3. Comparative Embryology4. Vestigial Structures
5. Domestication (artificial selection)
Darwin’s evidence for evolution
Patterns and processes in evolutionary thought
Process
Inferenceabout
evolutionaryprocess
Inferenceabout
effect ontaxonomic
pattern
Pattern
Lecture 2
Darwin’s evidence for evolution
and
“Neo-Darwinism” or “The Modern Synthesis”
“Neo-Darwinism”or
“The Modern Synthesis”
“Neo-Darwinism”or
“The Modern Synthesis”The same thing... but with better
understanding of how things work.
“Neo-Darwinism”or
“The Modern Synthesis”The same thing... but with better
understanding of how things work.
• Darwin’s Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
“Neo-Darwinism”or
“The Modern Synthesis”The same thing... but with better
understanding of how things work.
• Darwin’s Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection• Mendel’s Laws of Heredity (1866, 1900; see SBS 008)
“Neo-Darwinism”or
“The Modern Synthesis”The same thing... but with better
understanding of how things work.
• Darwin’s Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection• Mendel’s Laws of Heredity (1866, 1900; see SBS 008)• Cytogenetics (1902, 1904 - )
“Neo-Darwinism”or
“The Modern Synthesis”The same thing... but with better
understanding of how things work.
• Darwin’s Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection• Mendel’s Laws of Heredity (1866, 1900; see SBS 008)• Cytogenetics (1902, 1904 - )• Population Genetics (1908; see later lectures)
“Neo-Darwinism”or
“The Modern Synthesis”The same thing... but with better
understanding of how things work.
• Darwin’s Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection• Mendel’s Laws of Heredity (1866, 1900; see SBS 008)• Cytogenetics (1902, 1904 - )• Population Genetics (1908; see later lectures) • Molecular genetics (1970s- ; see SBS 633/210 and later lectures)
Gregor Mendel (1822-1984)
Worked out the basic laws of inheritance:Segregation and independent assortment
J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964)
With Fisher and Wright, one of the founders of population genetics.
“The Causes of Evolution” (1932): first major contribution to what became the “modern evolutionary synthesis".
R.A. Fisher (1890-1962)
Invented Analysis of Variance and other stats!
Worked on the theory of population genetics
Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900-1975)
“Nothing in Biology makes sense except in the light of
evolution”.
Theodosius Dobzhansky's Genetics and the Origin of Species, published in 1937.
Ernst Mayr (1904-2005)
Worked on speciation and the definition of species.
Ernst Mayr (1904-2005)
Worked on speciation and the definition of species.
Ernst Mayr (1904-2005)
Worked on speciation and the definition of species.
William D. Hamilton (1936 - 2000)
Explained how natural selection acts on social behaviour (“kin selection”)
Explained weird sex ratios
relatedness * benefit > cost
John Maynard-Smith (1920-2004)
Most widely known for applying game theory
to evolutionary biology
• Dawkins summarized & popularized the kin selection arguments of W. D. Hamilton, George R. Price and John Maynard Smith
1976
Summary/overview of Lecture 2
EVOLUTION(“descent with modification”)
Pattern Process
• Fossil record• Dating methods
• Molecular evolution• Molecular clocks
• Mechanisms• Environmental drivers
•climate•cont. drift•extinctions etc
The Modern Synthesis
What next?• Epigenetics
• Cultural transmission
• Niche construction
“Extended Evolutionary Synthesis” ?
• Evodevo
• Comparative genomics
• Systems Biology
“Postmodern Synthesis” ?
Pastafarianism - Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Early ideas
Fixity of species or change?
FIGURE 12.5 Macroevolution and Microevolution
• The overall pattern of tetrapod evolution (macroevolution) can be examined in closer detail. The cross section in time through Sauropod evolution reveals the multiple species lineages of which it is composed. At the bottom, one lineage is enlarged, showing the populations comprising the species (microevolution).
FactCourse
Mechanism
Evolutionary process
• Some further thoughts:
• Evolution of higher taxa - is it different from speciation within taxa?
• e.g. natural selection, chance, species selection?
• How is morphological integration maintained (functional continuity)?
• e.g. correlated progression, developmental feedback
WP
Major drivers of evolution
Vulcanism
Continental movement
Bolide impact
Climate change?
?
Consequences: Large scale migrations Speciation
Mass extinctions Adaptive radiations
Different Functions but Similar Underlying Forelimb Anatomy
• Forelimbs of bat, mole, and dugong. Each limb performs a different function: flight, digging, and swimming. All are superficially different, but all three share a common, underlying anatomical plan.
Diversity of Type, Unity of Pattern
• (a) Similarities. Parts may be similar in ancestry, function, and/or appearance. Respectively, these are defined as homology, analogy, or homoplasy. (b) Although the vertebrate species differ, the underlying pattern of the forelimb is fundamentally the same.
FIGURE 6.5 Morphological Series
• From four-toed to single-toed modern horses, this morphological series illustrates the correspondence between parts (feet, teeth, skull) and their modifications. Here, the stratigraphic position of these species is added.
Evolution of horses
• Evolution of horses
Morphological series—evolution of jaws
• Vertebrate jaws evolved from the front set of gill arches of jawless ancestors.
FIGURE 6.8 Convergence of Design
• Groups of animals often adapt to habitats that differ from those of most other members of their group. Most birds fly, but some, such as ostriches, cannot, and live exclusively on land; others, such as penguins, live much of their lives in water. Most mammals are terrestrial, but some fly (bats) and others live exclusively in water (whales, dolphins). “Flying” fishes take to the air. As species from different groups enter similar habitats, they experience similar biological demands. Convergence to similar habitats, in part, accounts for the sleek bodies and fins or flippers of tuna and dolphins, because similar functions (analogy) are served by similar parts under similar conditions. Yet tuna and dolphins come from different ancestries and
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