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1) Lamarck proposed the "theory of inheritance of acquired characters", which stated that adaptations developed in an organism's lifetime in response to environmental changes could be passed on to offspring.
2) An example given is the long neck of giraffes developing over generations from ancestral deer as they stretched their necks to reach higher tree leaves.
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Darwin's three main principles of natural selection state that, in order for the process to occur, most characteristics in the population must be inherited, more offspring must be produced than can survive, and the fittest offspring must be more likely to survive and reproduce.In the mid-19th century, a man came up with a very powerful idea, the idea that species could change. Today, all the time, we hear about animals adapting, endangered species going extinct, viruses mutating. But in the 1800s, people conceptualized a much more static world. One man looked past all that. His name was Charles Darwin.
Darwin called his idea the theory of natural selection. Natural selection is defined as a natural process that results in the survival and reproduction of organisms with genetic traits best suited to their environment. A shorter (but no less accurate) definition might be "survival of the fittest." Within any population, the fittest individuals, or the ones who fit the environment best, usually survive and reproduce, passing on their genetic traits to future generations.
Cause of Diversity
Evolution
Lamarck’s Theory of Evolution
Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
Natural Selection
Evidence of Evolution
Misconceptions
References
Cause of Diversity
Evolution
Lamarck’s Theory of Evolution
Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
Natural Selection
Evidence of Evolution
Misconceptions
References
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Evolution (Lecture 2) a concept in biology.pptx
1. Theories of Evolution
• Proposed by Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
• “Theory of inheritance of acquired
characters”
• This theory is based on the
comparison between the contemporary
species of his time to fossil records.
• The inheritance of acquired characters
which are defined as the changes
(variations) developed in the body of
an organism from normal characters,
in response to the changes in
environment, or in the functioning
(use and disuse) of organs, in their
own life time, to fulfill their new
needs.
• Thus Lamarck stressed on adaptation
as means of evolutionary modification.
Theories of Evolution
a) Lamarckism or Theory of
Inheritance of Acquired
characters.
b) Neo-Lamarckism
c) Darwinism or Theory of
Natural Selection.
d) Mutation theory of De Vries.
e) Neo-Darwinism or Modern
concept or Synthetic theory
of evolution.
a) Lamarckism
2. Theories of Evolution
Theories of Evolution
a) Lamarckism or Theory of
Inheritance of Acquired
characters.
Phylogenetic studies of horse and other animals show that all these increase
in their evolution from simple to complex forms.
Giraffe
long-necked and long fore-necked giraffe from deer-like ancestor by the
gradual elongation of neck and forelimbs in response to deficiency of food
These body parts were elongated so as to eat the leaves on the tree branches.
This is an example of effect of extra use and elongation of certain organs.
Snakes
Development of present day limbless snakes with long slender body from
the limbed ancestors due to continued disuse of limbs and stretching of their
body to suit their creeping mode of locomotion and fossorial mode of living
out of fear of larger and more powerful mammals. It is an example of disuse
and degeneration of certain organs.
3. Theories of Evolution
Theories of Evolution
a) Lamarckism or Theory
of Inheritance of
Acquired characters.
Postulates of Lamarckism
• New needs
• Use and disuse of organs
• Inheritance of acquired
characters
Aquatic birds
ducks, geese etc. developed
from their terrestrial ancestors
by the acquired characters
• Reduction of wings due to
their continued disuse
• Development of webs
between their toes for wading
purposes.
These changes were induced due
to deficiency of food on land
and severe competition.
It is an example of both extra
use (skin between the toes) and
disuse (wings) of organs.
Flightless birds
Development of flightless birds
like ostrich from flying
ancestors due to continued
disuse of wings as these were
found in well protected areas
with plenty of food.
4. Theories of Evolution
Theories of Evolution
a) Lamarckism or Theory
of Inheritance of
Acquired characters.
Postulates of Lamarckism
• New needs
• Use and disuse of organs
• Inheritance of acquired
characters
Horse
The ancestors of modem horse (Equus
caballus) used to live in the areas with
soft ground and were short legged with
more number of functional digits
functional fingers and 3 functional toes
in Dawn horse-Eohippus).
These gradually took to live in areas
with dry ground. This change in habit
was accompanied by increase in length
of legs and decrease in functional digits
for fast running over hard ground.
5. Neo-Lamarckism 1. Germ cells may be formed from the somatic cells indicating similar nature of
chromosomes and gene make up in two cell lines e.g.
a) Regeneration in earthworms.
b) Vegetative propagation in plants like Bryophyllum (with foliar buds).
c) A part of zygote (equipotential egg) of human female can develop into a
complete baby (Driesch).
2. Effect of environment on germ cells through the somatic cells e.g. Heslop
Harrison found that a pale variety of moth, Selenia bilunaria, when fed on
manganese coated food, a true breeding melanic variety of moth is produced.
3. Effect of environment directly on germ cells. Tower exposed the young ones
of some potato beetles to temperature fluctuation and found that though
beetles remained unaffected with no somatic change but next generation had
marked changes in body colouration.
Neo-Lamarckism, in the light of
recent findings in the field of
genetics which confirm that
environment does affect the form,
structure; colour, size etc. and
these characters are inheritable.
Selenia bilunaria
6. Neo-Lamarckism
Neo-Lamarckism, in the light of
recent findings in the field of
genetics which confirm that
environment does affect the form,
structure; colour, size etc. and
these characters are inheritable.
Selenia bilunaria
7. Darwinism
(Theory of Natural Selection) Geometric increase:
• According to Darwinism, the populations tend to multiply geometrically and the
reproductive powers of living organisms (biotic potential) are much more than
required to maintain their number e.g.,
• Paramecium - binary fission in 24 hours during favourable conditions. At this rate,
a Paramecium can produce a clone of about 280 million Paramecia in just one
month and in five years, can produce Paramecia having mass equal to 10,000 times
than the size of the earth.
Main postulates of Darwinism are:
Geometric increase.
Limited food and space.
Struggle for existence.
Variations.
Natural selection or Survival of the
fittest.
Inheritance of useful variations.
Speciation.
8. Darwinism
(Theory of Natural Selection)
• Cod (one million eggs per year)
• Oyster (0.1 million eggs in one spawning)
• Ascaris (7 millions eggs in 24 hours)
Main postulates of Darwinism
Geometric increase.
Limited food and space.
Struggle for existence.
Variations.
Natural selection or Survival of the fittest.
Inheritance of useful variations.
Speciation.
9. Darwinism
(Theory of Natural Selection)
• Main postulates of Darwinism
Geometric increase.
Limited food and space.
Struggle for existence.
Variations.
Natural selection or Survival of the fittest.
Inheritance of useful variations.
Speciation.
• Darwinism states that though a population tends to
increase geometrically, the food increases only
arithmetically.
• Two main limiting factors on the tremendous increase
of a population are: limited food and space which
together form the major part of carrying capacity of
environment.
• These do not allow a population to grow indefinitely
which are nearly stable in size except for seasonal
fluctuation.
10. Darwinism
(Theory of Natural Selection)
• Main postulates of Darwinism
Geometric increase.
Limited food and space.
Struggle for existence.
Variations.
Natural selection or Survival of the fittest.
Inheritance of useful variations.
Speciation.
• Due to rapid multiplication of populations but limited food and
space, there starts an everlasting competition between individuals
having similar requirements.
• In this competition, every living organism desires to have an upper
hand over others.
• This competition between living organisms for the basic needs of
life like food, space, mate etc., is called struggle for existence
which is of three types:
Intraspecific (Between members of same species)
Interspecific (Between members of different species)
Environmental or extraspecific
(Between living organisms and adverse environmental factors like
heat, cold, drought, flood, earthquakes, light etc.)
11. Darwinism
(Theory of Natural Selection)
• Main postulates of Darwinism
Geometric increase.
Limited food and space.
Struggle for existence.
Variations.
Natural selection or Survival of the fittest.
Inheritance of useful variations.
Speciation.
• Variation is the law of nature. According to this law of nature,
no two individuals except identical (monozygotic) twins are
identical.
• This everlasting competition among the organisms has
compelled them to change according to the conditions to
utilize the natural resources and can survive successfully.
• Darwin stated that the variations are generally of two types:
Continuous variations (For any species a characteristic that
changes gradually over a range of values shows continuous
variation e.g. increased speed in the prey).
Discontinuous variations (A characteristic of any species
with only a limited number of possible values e.g. human
blood groups).
• On the basis of their effect on the survival chances of living
organisms, the variations may be:
Neutral
Harmful
Useful
12. Darwinism
(Theory of Natural Selection)
• Main postulates of Darwinism
Geometric increase.
Limited food and space.
Struggle for existence.
Variations.
Natural selection or Survival of the fittest.
Inheritance of useful variations.
Speciation.
• Darwin stated that as many selects the individuals with
desired characters in artificial selection; nature selects
only those individuals out of the population which are
with useful continuous variations and are best adapted to
the environment while the less fit or unfit individuals
are rejected by it.
• Darwin stated that discontinuous variations appear
suddenly and will mostly be harmful, so are not selected
by nature.
• So the natural selection is an automatic and self going
process and keeps a check on the animal population.
• This sorting out of the individuals with useful variations
from a heterogeneous population by the nature was
called Natural selection by Darwin and Survival of the
fittest by Wallace.
• So natural selection acts as a restrictive force and not a
creative force.
13. Darwinism
(Theory of Natural Selection)
• Main postulates of Darwinism
Geometric increase.
Limited food and space.
Struggle for existence.
Variations.
Natural selection or Survival of the fittest.
Inheritance of useful variations.
Speciation.
• Darwin believed that the selected individuals pass their
useful continuous variations to their offsprings so that they
are born fit to the changed environment.
• According to Darwinism, useful variations appear in every
generation and are inherited from one generation to another.
• So the useful variations go on accumulating and after a
number of generations, the variations become so prominent
that the individual turns into a new species.
• So according to Darwinism, evolution is a gradual process
and speciation occurs by gradual changes in the existing
species.
14. Mutation Theory of
Evolution
• Proposed by a Dutch botanist, Hugo de
Vries (1848-1935 A.D.) in 1901 A.D. in his
book entitled “Species and Varieties, Their
Origin by Mutation”.
Experiment.
Observations.
Conclusions.
• Hugo de Vries cultured Oenothera lamarckiana in
botanical gardens at Amsterdam.
• The plants were, allowed to self pollinate and next
generation was obtained.
• The plants of next generation were again subjected to
self pollination to obtain second generation.
• Process was repeated for a number of generations.
15. Mutation Theory of
Evolution
• Proposed by a Dutch botanist, Hugo de
Vries (1848-1935 A.D.) in 1901 A.D. in his
book entitled “Species and Varieties, Their
Origin by Mutation”.
Experiment.
Observations.
Conclusions.
• Majority of plants of first generation were found to be
like the parental type and showed only minor variations
but 837 out of 54,343 members were found to be very
different in characters like flower size, shape and
arrangement of buds, size of seeds etc.
• These markedly different plants were called primary or
elementary species.
• A few plants of second generation were found to be still
more different.
• Finally, a new type, much longer than the original type,
called O. gigas, was produced.
• He also found the numerical chromosomal changes in
the variants (e.g. with chromosome numbers 16, 20, 22,
24, 28 and 30) upto 30 (Normal diploid number is 14).
16. Mutation Theory of
Evolution
• Proposed by a Dutch botanist, Hugo de
Vries (1848-1935 A.D.) in 1901 A.D. in his
book entitled “Species and Varieties, Their
Origin by Mutation”.
Experiment.
Observations.
Conclusions.
• The evolution is a discontinuous process and occurs by
mutations. Individuals with mutations are called mutants.
• Elementary species are produced in large number to
increase chances of selection by nature.
• Mutations are recurring so that the same mutants appear
again and again. This increases the chances of their
selection by nature.
• Mutations occur in all directions so may cause gain or
loss of any character.
• Mutability is fundamentally different from fluctuations
(small and directional changes).
So according to mutation theory, evolution is a
discontinuous and jerky process in which there is a jump
from one species to another so that new species arises
from pre-existing species in a single generation
(macrogenesis or saltation) and not a gradual process as
proposed by Lamarck and Darwin.
17. Neo-Darwinism or Modern
Concept or Synthetic Theory
of Evolution
• Main postulates of Neo-Darwinism are:
Genetic Variability.
Natural Selection.
Reproductive Isolation.
• Variability is an opposing force to heredity and is
essential for evolution as the variations form the raw
material for evolution.
• Various sources of genetic variability in a gene pool
are:
Mutations- These are sudden, large and inheritable
changes in the genetic material.
o Chromosomal abberations- The morphological
changes in the chromosomes without affecting the
number of chromosomes i.e. deletion, duplication,
inversion, translocation.
o Numerical chromosomal mutations- These include
changes in the number of chromosomes.
o Gene mutations- Point mutations i.e. deletion, addition
or substitution of nucleotide pairs.
Genetic drift- It is the elimination of the genes of some
original characteristics of a species by extreme reduction
in a population due to epidemics or migration.
18. Neo-Darwinism or Modern
Concept or Synthetic Theory
of Evolution
• Main postulates of Neo-Darwinism are:
Genetic Variability.
Natural Selection.
Reproductive Isolation.
• Natural selection of Neo- Darwinism differs from that of
Darwinism that it does not operate through “survival of
the fittest” but operates through differential reproduction
and comparative reproductive success.
• Differential reproduction states that those members,
which are best adapted to the environment, reproduce at
a higher rate and produce more offsprings than those
which are less adapted.
• So these contribute proportionately greater percentage of
genes to the gene pool of next generation while less
adapted individuals produce fewer offsprings.
• Natural selection causes progressive changes in gene
frequencies, ‘i.e. the frequency of some genes increases
while the frequency of some other genes decreases.
19. Neo-Darwinism or Modern Concept or Synthetic Theory of Evolution
• Main postulates of Neo-Darwinism are:
Genetic Variability.
Natural Selection.
Reproductive Isolation.
• Any factor which reduces the chances of interbreeding
between the related groups of living organisms is called
an isolating mechanism.
• Reproductive isolation is must so as to allow the
accumulation of variations leading to speciation by
preventing hybridization.
• In the absence of reproductive isolation, these variants
freely interbreed which lead to intermixing of their
genotypes, dilution of their peculiarities and
disappearance of differences between them.
• So, reproductive isolation helps in evolutionary
divergence.