Biology 1001A Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Laurasia, Convergent Evolution, Rodent
10 May 2016
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Microevolution refers to changes in allele frequencies in single populations; macroevolution refers to pattern of evolutionary relatedness among different species. In the midst of the 6th mass extinction. The species are disappearing at high rates, but at the same time, discovering new species has never been better. New species are being discovered all the time. Approximately 18,000 new species are discovered every year. For many years in the sea of japan, people have noticed sand sculptures at the bottom of the sea. The creatures responsible for making these structures are a new species of puffer fish. A new species of plant discovered on the mountain side in the philippines. A parasite does not create chloroplast on its own. A new species of spiders that lives in the dessert of morocco. When a predator attacks, it does a cart wheel display. A species was discovered 1,000 m below sea level off the coast of australia.
