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Introduction

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  • Par1: Variation and heredity.
  • Par2: Selection, speciation and common descent.
  • Par3: Scientific history and status.

History of evolutionary thought

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  • Par1: Early ideas and Darwinism.
  • Par2: Mendelian inheritance.
  • Par3: Neo-Darwinism.

Heredity

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  • Par1: Traits and reproduction.
  • Par2: Genes.
  • Par3: DNA and RNA.

Variation

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  • Par1: Processes that produce variation.
  • Par2: Phenotype and genotype.
  • Par3: Allele frequency.

Mutation

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  • Par1: Causes of mutation.
  • Par2: Effects of mutation.
  • Par3: Neutral mutations.

Recombination

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  • Par1: Reproduction and shuffling.
  • Par2: Rates.
  • Par3: Gene duplication.

Gene flow

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  • Par1: Same-species flow.
  • Par2: Migration and isolation.

Interspecies flow

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  • Par1: Hybridization.
  • Par2: Horizontal gene transfer.
  • Par3: Implications for phylogeny.

Basic mechanisms

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  • Par1: Overview of mechanisms.

Genetic drift

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  • Par1: Random sampling.
  • Par2: Population size.

Natural selection

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  • Par1: Fitness and survival.
  • Par2: Sexual and kin selection.

Adaptation and exaptation

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  • Par1: Adaptation.
  • Par2: Exaptation and preadaptation.

Competition and cooperation

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  • Par1: Competition and limited resources.
  • Par2: Cooperation and altruism.

Speciation and extinction

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  • Par1: Speciation.
  • Par2: Divergence and isolation.
  • Par3: Anagenesis and cladogenesis.
  • Par4: Extinction.

Common descent

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  • Par1: Local and universal common descent.
  • Par2: Evidence.

Homology

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  • Par1: Comparative anatomy.
  • Par2: Vestigial structures.
  • Par3: Fossils.
  • Par4: Molecular similarities.
  • Par5: DNA and RNA.

History of life

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  • Par1: Abiogenesis.
  • Par2: Early life to Cambrian explosion.
  • Par3: Rise of important phyla, classes, and species.

Phylogeny and systematics

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  • Par1: Phylogenetics.
  • Par2: Classification and taxonomy.
  • Par3: Molecular research.

Modern research

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  • Par1: Recent developments.
  • Par2: Ongoing studies.
  • Par3: Evolutionary algorithms.

Academic disciplines

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  • Par1: Evolutionary biology.
  • Par2: Major subdisciplines (e.g., evo-devo).
  • Par3: Study of human evolution (e.g., physical anthropology).

Social effect

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  • Par1: General social impact.
  • Par2: Evolution in popular culture.

Controversies

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  • Par1: Social controversy, human as "mere animals".
  • Par2: Creationism (e.g., Intelligent Design).
  • Par3: Eugenics and social Darwinism.

Notes and references

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