Evolutionary Dynamics · Evolution

Natural Selection and Adaptation

Investigating how environmental pressures lead to differential reproductive success.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does genetic variation serve as the raw material for natural selection?
  2. 2In what ways can a shift in environment lead to rapid speciation or extinction?
  3. 3How can we model the impact of selective pressures on allele frequencies over time?

Common Core State Standards

HS-LS4-2HS-LS4-4
Grade: 12th Grade
Subject: Biology
Unit: Evolutionary Dynamics
Period: Evolution

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