Kin selection

The four forces of evolution are mutation, natural selection, genetic drift, and gene flow. Mutations are the only force that can change the genetic code and without them the other forces wouldn’t happen. When a mutation takes place in a sex cell, it can them be passed down through generations. Natural selection was first brought about by Charles Darwin. It is the belief that the better an organism adapts to their environment, the more likely they are to live longer as well as reproduce. Genetic…

History traces its roots back to 700 BC. Historically, dentists were not a profession. Back in the early 16, 17 and 18th centuries, there were a lot of famous dentists. One of them was Pierre Fauchard. Pierre was an important modern dentist in history. He was known as the “Father of modern dentistry”. In 1678, he was born into a poor family in Brittany, France. Pierre, the French physician, began training as a surgeon in the French Navy in 1693 at age 15. He was training for 3 years before…

ing Lama Sherpa GEO 206-01 RESEARCH PROJECT EURYPTERIDS ABSTRACT 1.INTRODUCTION 
Eurypterids are a large extinct group of arthropods that ranged from 10 cm to 2 m in length. They belonged to the extinct order Eurypterida of the phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum Chelicerata and class Merostomata. According to the fossil record, the first Eurypterids were present in the mid-Ordovician and they thrived in warm shallow water until the late Permian when they went extinct. Thus, they lived for…

took into great consideration what organisms lived where and the circumstances surrounding them. This helped him understand why creatures are what they are and where they are. Darwin believed in evolution through the process of natural selection. Natural selection is where all organisms transform in their physical features and behavioral traits over long periods of time in order to become more successful in their native environment, this is also known as survival of the fittest. It is believed…

How have seahorses adapted to better survive in their habitat? Adaptation is a process by which an organism gradually changes over generations to better survive in its environment. These changes can be structural, or physical; or they may be behavioral, or related to the animal’s behaviors. Spotting a sea horse in its natural habitat is a tricky treat for SCUBA divers. These fish are masters of disguise. They can change colors to camouflage themselves, and feature bumps called tubercles that…

The brave new world book was written by Aldous Huxley where he created and illustrated a fictional world that everyone is cloned, classified since birth into Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon. In Huxely's argument, In that society, humans are genetically reproduced and are conditioned to serve a ruling order. In this society disease, poverty, and suffering has disappeared from Earth. The different types of people of the book have similarities and differences compared to our present society.…

universe and life originated “from specific acts of divine creation” (“Creation Tips”). But, how can that be true when you have physical evidence such as Fossils, DNA, and natural selection? In theory, evolution is a more logical and believable argument than creationism because evidence such as fossils, DNA, and natural selection can support the theory much better than a book that has been translated into different languages. Evolution can be seen in almost every living thing,…

forces of evolution are mutations, natural selection, genetic drift, and gene flow. Mutations are changes in genes that make us who we are today. Mutations, although they are changes in our genetic code, are most of the time harmless and essential to evolution. Mutations can be either advantageous, deleterious, or neutral depending on what the environment of the living organism is (class lecture, Wednesday). The next force of evolution is natural selection which is the idea that favorable traits…

Natural Selection and Sexual Selection This world is colored by diverse species. Some of them persist but others distinct. It is natural and sexual selections that result in incredible difference. Both are leading to a process of evolution while there still exist differences between two selections. “In mammalian males, sexual selection can have a great effect on behavior and morphology than other forms of natural selection because male reproductive success usually varies much more than female…

This experiment is a hypothetical representation, modelling the effects of colour mutations in “prey” and vision mutations in “predators”, and their role in natural selection. This means that different materials in this experiment represent real-life organisms and environments. The sand-coloured background represents a sand environment, while the green background represents a grass environment. The individual conducting the experiment is acting as the “predator” (bird) and the tweezers used by…