EVSC 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Medium Ground Finch, Gregor Mendel, Selective Breeding
18 Feb 2016
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Adaptations the characteristics that enable an organism to thrive in a given environment. Theory of evolution based off of the foundations of darwin"s work. Noticed similar species that had different adaptations that allowed them to interact with their different environments. Selective breeding (artificial selection) select for certain characteristics. Dog a will breed with dog b to get certain qualities. Charles darwin published the origin of species which discussed the concept of. Natural selection the differential success of individuals within the population resulting from their interaction with their environment. Conditions for natural selection to occur: variation among individuals within a population in some characteristic, differences in the birth or death rate result among individuals as a result of this variation. Some of them do better than others some have the ability to survive longer (more options to reproduce) than others. Fitness the number of offspring produced that contribute to future generations. Natural selection is a result of differential fitness.
