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Lyell

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Geology

Uniformitarianism: what was true before is true today

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Wallace

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From Brazil
Darwin’s parter
Published Natural Selection Book

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Malthus

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Wrote about Malthusian
Population limitation; more food than resources

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Linnaeus

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Before anyone else
Species, kingdom

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Fitzroy

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Captain of the Beatle

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Henslow

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Botany Professor

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Observation 1

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Members of the population vary in trait

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Observation 2

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All species can produce more offspring than the environment can support, but many offspring fail to survive and reproduce

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Biological species concept

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Reproductive isolation
Not necessarily easy to apply
Pro: suggests that speciation occurs to reproductive isolation
Con: does not include asexual and fossils. Some species have gene flow

Can reproduce and produce viable fertile offspring

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Morphological species concept

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Phenotype differences (fossil species)

Species have the same body shape or features

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Recognition species concept

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Persistence of discrete phenotypes

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Ecological species concept

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Filling of ecological niches
Competition for resources

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Evolution species concept

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Evolutionary lineages

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Pluralistic species concept

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Combinations of above as appropriate

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Allopathic speciation

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Geographic barrier splits up population

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Sympatric speciation

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Happens in the same geographical area

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Sequence of allopathic speciation

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  1. Geographic barrier
  2. Genetic divergence
  3. Lastly reproductive isolation
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Temporal

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Different seasons of breeding

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Ecological

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Different habitats, can’t breed

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Behavioral

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Different courtships, can’t breed

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Mechanical

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Physical differences, can’t breed

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Hybrid in viability

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Hybrids are produced but fail to develop to reproductive maturity

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Hybrid infertility

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Hybrid fail to produce gametes (sterility)

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Hybrid breakdown

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F1 hybrids are fertile, but F2 generation fails to develop properly

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