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Human Impact On Evolution Flashcards

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Global warming/ climate change

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Climate change has caused mass extinctions

Some species already extinct (golden toad in mountaintop cloud forests, drought ruined habitat)

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How do species overcome global warming/ climate change

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If climate change slow enough species can evolve (yeast to high salinity)
Others can migrate
Reproduce fast/ evolve

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Pesticides

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Weeds becoming resistant to roundup
Organophosphate herbicide
Europe lists it as carcinogen
Current use of roundup much higher than tested safe

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Antibiotics/ bacteria resistance

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Bacteria rapidly developing resistance to antibiotics due to
High reproductive rates and lateral gene transfers

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Emergent disease

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A new disease evolves to live in new host 
Bird flu 
Swine flu
AIDS- from chimps 
Also viruses mutate into new virus
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