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Patterns of Speciation

X = extinction. Patterns of Speciation. Evolutionary Changes. X. X. X. X. Time. Diversify in Bursts (punctuational). Diversify slowly (gradual). No diversification (living fossil). Adaptive Radiation. Adaptive Radiation.

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Patterns of Speciation

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  1. X = extinction Patterns of Speciation Evolutionary Changes X X X X Time Diversify in Bursts (punctuational) Diversify slowly (gradual) No diversification (living fossil)

  2. Adaptive Radiation Adaptive Radiation An adaptive radiation is a clade (group of related species) that has evolved into numerous, diverse forms

  3. Hawaii

  4. Cichlids in the African Great Lakes

  5. What causes adaptive radiations? Pioneering a new habitat containing few competing organisms • remote islands, isolated large lakes

  6. What causes adaptive radiations? Mass extinction wipes out competitors • There have been 5 major catastrophic mass extinctions • The last is associated with the final extinction of dinosaurs • Surviving forms radiate to occupy ‘niches’ left vacant by the extinct forms • e.g. Radiation of mammals after extinction of dinosaurs

  7. What causes adaptive radiations? Evolution of a key innovation • birds radiate after the evolution of flapping flight • Angiosperms (flowering plants) radiate after the evolution of reproduction via flowers

  8. Why are there ‘living fossils’? Organisms may be ‘well-adapted’, but there is little room for evolutionary change because of competitors or environmental constraints

  9. Evolutionary Trends • Little change in the number of phyla (higher taxonomic levels) in the last 500 million years • The number of species has been steadily increasing (despite set-backs caused by mass extinctions)

  10. Evolutionary Trends Convergences are common - independent radiations come to resemble each other • Australia, South America & North America evolved similar grazers, browsers & saber-toothed ‘cats….. All from different ancestors

  11. Evolutionary Trends Repeated patterns sometimes acquire names: • Cope’s rule: Members of a clade tend to get larger in evolutionary time • Bergman’s rule: Organisms get larger at higher latitudes (toward the poles) • Islands: Large animals evolve to be smaller (dwarf elephants), Small animals evolve to be larger (giant tortoises)

  12. Evolutionary Trends Much of the diversification of species seems to be related to ….. (1) Arms Races (Red Queen): plants vs. herbivores vs. carnivores grass vs. horses, crabs vs. snails (2) Mutualisms: flowering plants + pollinators + seed dispersers

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