EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION

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EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION
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FOSSIL RECORD
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Archaeopteryx
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Fossilized feces - "can tell us a lot about
population, health, distribution and diet."
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COMPARATIVE ANATOMY

• Homologous structures
• How is the anatomy related to its function?

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• Analogous Structures

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BIOGEOGRAPHICAL EVIDENCE
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• Finches Darwin and Climate Change

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Finches and Climate Change
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Galapagos and Cape Verde

• Should flora and fauna of all tropical islands be
  similar to each other or more similar to the
  continent near it?

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VESTIGIAL ORGANS
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HICCUPS

• Suggest why a vestigial structure, once it has
  been reduced to a certain size, may not disappear
  altogether.

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ARTIFICIAL SELECTION
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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Antigen-Antibody Relationship

• Immunological studies

Antigen on cell
antibody
Agglutination results
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• Chromosome comparisons

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• DNA hybridization

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Homework

• Read pgs. 200-207
• Questions pg.209 3-10, 12