Unit · year 1
BU-104 · Evolution & Natural Selection
Threads evolution5 concepts
The central organising theory of biology: descent with modification.
Concepts in this unit
T-017
Natural selection
Differential survival and reproduction of heritable variation.
T-018
Fitness and adaptation
Reproductive success shapes the traits of a population.
T-019
Speciation
How reproductive isolation gives rise to new species.
T-020
The evidence for common descent
Homology, fossils and molecules point to shared ancestry.
T-021
Sexual selection
Traits favoured through mate choice and competition.