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Artificial Selection House Sparrows Myomatosis virus

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Artificial Selection House Sparrows Myomatosis virus South American Guppies Antibiotic resistant bacteria About 70% of bacteria that cause infections in hospitals are resistant to at least one of the drugs most commonly used to treat infections Some organisms are resistant to all approved antibiotics and must be treated with experimental and potentially toxic drugs Antibiotic resistant bacteria Tuberculosis (TB) Childhood ear infections Competition vs. Wolf (Canis lupus) Former range Coyote (Canis latrans) Yellowstone National Park Predation Predator/prey arms race! Mimicry Red touches black, friend of Jack Red touches yellow, kill a fellow Mimicry Monarch Viceroy Fighting for access Sexual Selection Female choice Any way you can get it Unclear ?? Extinction Elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus) Extinction Stellers Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) Discovered 174 Extinct 1768 Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) Marsupial Wolf (Thylacinus cynocephalus) Extinction