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 Az
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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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