mutation, recombination, natural
selection & other processes
operating with species
evolutionary patterns & processes evident
within species as well as those leading to
evolution of new species
MACROEVOLUTION
origin of new species & major
long-term features of evolution
evolutionary patterns & process
evident above level of species
GENETIC DRIFT
random changes in frequencies
of different alleles in population
arise solely from chance sampling
effects in their transmission from
generation to generation, rather than
from changes due to natural selection
EVIDENCE
FOR
EVOLUTION
hierarchical
organisation
of life
homology
embryological
similarities
vestigial
characters
convergence
sub-optimal
design
geographic
distributions
intermediate
forms
COMPETITION
Pressure of competition favours
use of different foods or habitats
by different species
interaction within or between species resulting
in one group consuming resources that could
have been exploited by the other group, with
negative consequences for fitness
PATTERNS OF
EVOLUTION
common themes frequently inferred as
associated with evolution of organisms,
i.e. divergence, convergence, allometry,
heterochrony, etc