BIOL 336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Ebola Virus Disease, Syphilis, Myxomatosis
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Evolution connected with humans pathogens responses to humans antibiotics and vaccines: resistance evolved to combat humans" self defense measures, host range pathogens jumping from humans to other animals and vice versa domesticated food species (animals, plants, fungi) cats, dogs, horses, etc. invasive species (moved around by humans) habitat loss/change (logging, urban development) competition or release from predators humans got rid of most wolves in north. Invasive species in australia toads in australia have increased their range of habitat over the years: they"ve pushed their bodies and skeletal structure to the limit to spread as far as possible, dispersal ability evolved, causing arthritis in toads but at the same time allowing further offspring to grow up without initial competition rabbits in 1950s 600 million, gov"t tried to fence them off but they can just burrow under, they introduced myxoma virus into the rabbit population.
