Evolution
by Srinath Medakkar
1. Natural Selection
1.1. Survival of the fittest
1.2. Variations and Adaptations
1.3. Struggle for existence
1.3.1. organisms compete for food and other things to survive
2. Charles Darwin
2.1. travelled on the Beagle to collect data
2.2. species vary globally, locally, and over time
2.2.1. species vary globally by having ecologically similar habitats
2.2.2. species vary locally by having different habitats within a local area
2.2.3. species vary over time because of previously similar fossils
2.3. concluded after visiting the Galapagos Islands that the species there are similar to the ones in South America
3. Lamarck
3.1. organisms get acquired characteristics depending on what parts of their body they use the most
4. Isolating Mechanisms
4.1. Reproductive
4.2. Behavioral
4.3. Ecological
4.4. Geographic
4.5. Temporal
4.6. Mechanical
4.7. Gametic
4.8. Founder Effect
4.9. Adaptive Radiation
5. Fossil Record
5.1. Carbon Dating
5.2. Shows animals over time
5.3. Relative dating
5.4. Radiometric dating
6. Allele Frequency
6.1. change in evolution
6.2. frequency of an allele in a gene pool
6.3. genetic drift