BIO 258 Notes
WEEK #10.
CHARACTER EVOLUTION (continued)

• Biogeography. (Futuyma ch. 8; Minkoff Ch. 23; E32).
  • Patterns: Sclater's regions, Good's regions; biomes
  • Historical zoogeography of Cenozoic mammals
  • Island biogeography theory; S = c A^z
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• Behavior and evolution. (Futuyma ch. 20; Minkoff Ch. 24; E33).
  • Simple behaviors: Tropisms and taxes
  • Complex behavior:
    • instincts
    • learned behavior
  • Behavior as an adaptation
  • Behavior as a form of reproductive isolation,
  • Behavior as a preadaptation to new modes of selection
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• Social behavior and Sociobiology. (E34)
  • Definitions
  • Advantages, disadvantages
  • Group size & spacing; territoriality
  • Parental investment and inclusive fitness
  • Altruism & its evolution:
    • by kin selection (inclusive fitness)
    • by reciprocal altruism (TIT FOR TAT, PAVLOV)
• Molecular evolution (Futuyma ch. 22)

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