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Natural Selection And Evolution
1. What is artificial selection? Give some examples of
artificial selection
2. How is natural selection different from artificial
selection?
3. How does natural selection lead to evolution?
4. What is meant by the statement: individuals do not
evolve; populations evolve?
5. What is genetic diversity and why is it important?
6. Explain the evolution of - peppered moths in England
(as covered in the film and textbook).
7. Define species
8. Darwin did not
introduce the idea that evolution occurs - it was that already an
accepted idea. So what idea did Darwin introduce that was so novel at the time?
9. What is the hypothesis of punctuated equilibrim say
about the rate at which evolution occurs?
10.
What is sexual selection?
11.
What is kin selection?