Differences in Evolution
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Differences in Evolution
Remember evolution means change over time…
Natural Selection • Natural is something made
by nature• Nature decides the
organisms with the best traits to survive and reproduces
Artificial Selection • Artificial is selective
breeding by humans• Humans decides who/what
lives or dies based traits they find more desirable
• They hope its offspring will produce the same traits as well.
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Homologous Structures
• Homologous structures: structures with different appearances and functions that all derived from the same body part in a common ancestor
• The bones in the forelimb of mammals are homologous structures
• Different functions, same ancestor structure
Homology of the bones of the forelimb of mammals
Human hand
Bat wing
Mole foot
Fly wing
Homologous structures are different than Analogous Structures
– Analogous structures have a similar function.– Analogous structures are not evidence of a
common ancestor.
• have no apparent function, but resemble structures their ancestors possessed
Vestigial structures
Vestigial structures of a whale