PPT-Disease evolution

Brian O Meara EEB464 Fall 2015 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchvRpj0emEGShQ Learning objectives Connect ideas about symbiosis and game theory to disease evolution Understand natural history of disease. By Frank W. Elwell. Note:. This presentation is based on the theory of Ester Boserup as presented in . The Conditions of Agricultural Growth.. A summary of this and other macro-social theories can be found in . Assessment Statements. Outline. . the method for dating rocks and fossils using radioisotopes, with references to . 14. C and . 40. K.. Define half-life. Deduce the approximate age of materials based on a simple decay curve for a radioisotope.. The Importance of Evolution in Ecology. Ecologists study proximate or “how” questions:. How nutrients flow through ecosystems. Evolutionary biologists study ultimate or “why” questions:. Why does a stickleback fish have armor in one lake but not another?. Lauryn. . Langlois. Ashley Mooney. Debora Tolliver. What is Creationism?. Creationism is a theory that states that matter, life, and the world were created by God (or some other supreme being in different religions) out of nothing. . THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF MICROBIAL LIFE. HOW DID LIFE ORIGINATE?. SPONTANEOUS GENERATION. LIFE ARISING FROM NON-LIVING MATTER. LONG BELIEVED AS THE ACCEPTED EXPLANATION OF ORIGINATION OF LIFE. EXPERIMENTS EVENTUALLY SHOWED IT TO BE IMPOSSIBLE. There is overwhelming evidence for the evolution of life on Earth. . Evolution in summary. Evolution occurs when heritable characteristics of a species change. . Evolution at its most fundamental level simply describes a . Evidence of Evolution. Essential Questions. What is the anatomical evidence of evolution?. How are fossils used as evidence of evolution?. What evolutionary evidence do we have from the field comparative embryology?. Which one?. There are 3 great universal questions. 1) Where did I come from?. 2) Why am I here?. 3) Where am I going?. The answer to the last 2 questions are dependent upon the answer to the first question. . Organism DNA. 1a. Some of the strongest evidence for evolutionary relationships comes from studying the DNA of different organisms.. 1b. The fact that all organisms use the same DNA molecule to code for genetic information suggests that these organisms share a distant ancestor.. Last week we talked about. …. The universe had a beginning. God must be the creator of the universe. 3 views Christians can faithfully hold: Old-Earth Creationism, Young-Earth Creationism, Theistic Evolution. What do we use in order to determine evolutionary relationships?. Fossil Record. Anatomical Evidence. Molecular Evidence. Embryological Evidence. Evidence for Evolution. Fossil Record. Evidence for Evolution. Chapter 17: Processes of Evolution. Early Beliefs. 19. th. century: discovered species shared many traits, but lived in different parts of the world. Problematic – species only looked similar on the outside, but inside were very different . . The process by which organism change over time. Based on science, not opinion.. Darwin. :. Evolution is descent with modification. Evolution. :. changes through time. Species accumulate difference. . The process by which organism change over time. Based on science, not opinion.. Darwin. :. Evolution is descent with modification. Evolution. :. changes through time. Species accumulate difference.