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Post by JUNCHAO ZHANG on September 20, 2011

thank you! I understood SO MUCH better than what my teacher taught me.... :)

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Last reply by: Dr Carleen Eaton
Mon Nov 12, 2012 6:34 PM

Post by John Weaver on October 28, 2012

are there any examples of added information in mutations?

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Thu Jan 17, 2013 6:49 PM

Post by Ramitha Manivannan on January 17 at 06:30:05 PM

Dear Dr. Eaton,

Could I please have your email address so I can ask you questions?

Thanks,
Ramitha

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Post by Ramitha Manivannan on January 24 at 07:57:54 PM

I still don't understand Hardy Weinburg equations. Could you please explain it to me in very simple language?

Thanks!

Natural Selection

  • While studying species during his voyage on the HMS Beagle, Darwin observed that:
    1. Individuals within a population vary in the traits that they possess.
    2. Species produce more offspring than can be supported by the environment and the offspring must compete for survival.
    3. Offspring inherit traits from their parents.
  • Darwin concluded that the offspring who possess favorable traits will have a higher probability of surviving and producing more offspring. Over many generations, these favorable traits will increase in the population.
  • Stabilizing selection selects for intermediate phenotypes and decreases the frequency of extreme phenotypes.
  • Directional selection results in an increase in the frequency of a phenotype at one extreme of a spectrum.
  • Disruptive selection results in an increase in the frequency of phenotypes at both extremes.

Natural Selection

Lecture Slides are screen-captured images of important points in the lecture. Students can download and print out these lecture slide images to do practice problems as well as take notes while watching the lecture.

AP Biology Intro