Archive for the ‘Evolution’ Category

 

EVOLUTION 

       Biological phenomena are so complex that they can be logically explained only in the light of evolution. Evolution therefore has to be brought into picture while studying any aspect of zoology, namely, anatomy, embryology, cytology or physiology. The fact that animals and plants change and do not remain static during the course of time is the backbone of evolutionary reasoning.

 

            The following chapters are included in this section.  Click on the title to open.

 

• Origin of life

 

• Evidences of evolution

 

• Natural selection

 

• Types of selection

 

• Hardy-Weinberg’s Law

 

• Sewall-Wright Effect

 

• Variations

 

• Isolation

 

• Speciation

 

• Fossils and fossilization

 

• Evolution of horse

 

• Evolution of elephant

 

• Evolution of Man

 

• Geological Eras

 

• Charles Darwin

 

• Anagenesis & Cladogenesis

 

• Balanced Polymorphism

 

• Books on Evolution

 

• Evolutionary thoughts

 

• Darwinian Fitness

 

• Kin Selection

 

• Micro- Macro- & Megaevolution

 

• Molecular Evolution

 

• Parallel Evolution

 

• Selection Coefficient

 

• Character Displacement

 

• Evolutionary Rates

 

• Speed of Evolution

 

• The Riddle of Human Origin

 

• The mystery of mass extinctions