evolution

Appears in modules:

• Adaptation The case of penguins
• Animal Behavior Causes and approaches to studying behavior
• Animal Ecology Competition, predation, and cooperation
• Atomic Theory II Ions, neutrons, isotopes and quantum theory
• Cellular Organelles I Endosymbiosis and membrane-bound organelles
• Charles Darwin I The Origin of Species
• Charles Darwin II Natural selection
• Charles Darwin III Descent with modification
• Discovery and Structure of Cells Cell theory, prokaryotes, and eukaryotes
• Extinction When species come to an end
• From Stable Chromosomes to Jumping Genes The work of Barbara McClintock
• Future of Human Evolution Artificial selection and transhumanism
• History of Earth's Atmosphere I The origin of the modern atmosphere
• History of Earth's Atmosphere II The rise of atmospheric oxygen
• Independent Assortment Mendel's testcrosses and Punnett squares
• Inheritance Mendel's experiments and laws
• Introduction to Paleoanthropology Bones, stones, and tools
• Mass Extinctions Major turning points in biodiversity
• Membranes I Structure and function of biological membranes
• Modeling in Scientific Research Simplifying a system to make predictions
• Origins of Life II Primeval environments and the origins of RNA
• Paleontology and the Fossil Record Reading the clues
• Peer Review in Scientific Publishing What it is and how it works
• Population Genetics Hardy-Weinberg and genetic drift
• Respiration Oxygen, gas exchange, and energy release
• Scientific Notation Working with orders of magnitude
• Scientists and the Scientific Community The experiences that shape scientists
• Taxonomy I What's in a name?
• Taxonomy II Nomenclature
• The Piltdown Hoax A lesson on confirmation bias in science
• Theories, Hypotheses, and Laws Definitions, examples, and their roles in science
• Tracking Human Ancestry The Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA
• Utilizing the Scientific Literature The record of scientific progress