PPT-Population Genomic Methods to Understand the Evolution of Bears

Emily E Puckett Department of Biological Sciences University of Memphis EEPuckett Research Questions Phylogeography How have species moved across their range through time What is the demographic history population size changes bottlenecks divergence times admixture rates of a species. Stopping the hunt in 2015. History of bear hunting in Florida. 1974 – FL Black Bear listed as threatened – estimated 300-500 population. Hunting still allowed.. 1994 – Hunting stopped statewide. 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 . Scott Bowling. Topher. Gee. Stan Schneider. Beth . Schussler. Randy Small. Min . Zhong. Facilitator: Paula Lemons. Evolution I. Topic: Evidence for and mechanisms of evolution. Introductory Biology (majors), Large enrollment (200+/section). Amy, Lydia, Danielle, Rylee. . Ancestors. . Bears come from the family ursidae. The family ursidae is one of the nine families of Caniforms ( dog like carnivores) The bears closest relative is the pinniped, which is a seal like animal.. What is natural selection?. It’s the . process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. . The . theory. of its action was first fully . explained . Instead of optimizing a single design point, population methods optimize a collection of . individuals. A large number of individuals prevents algorithm from being stuck in a local minimum. Useful information can be shared between individuals. Module 14 . The . Biodiversity of Earth. After reading this module you should be able to. understand . how we estimate the number of species living on Earth.. quantify . biodiversity.. describe . patterns of relatedness among species using a . xxia@uottawa.ca. http://dambe.bio.uottawa.ca. Definitions. Genome: the . entire complement of genetic material carried by an individual. Transcriptome with two definitions:. the . entire set of . transcribable sequences from the genome (operationally all RNA sequences from annotated productive genes in a genome). Chapter 22 – Descent with Modification. The Era of Evolutionary Biology. On November 24, 1859, . Charles Darwin. . published his hypothesis in . On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. 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 . Evolution 9/11. Obj. TSW learn form mistakes made on the quiz, and take notes about evolution after the Environmental Science Current Events. P. 34NB. Make a food chain for the following organisms showing the energy arrows and the . POPULATION change . over time. . Natural Selection. Definition: The process whereby organisms . better adapted to their environment . tend to survive and produce more offspring. . Adaptation. A change or process of change by which an organism or species becomes . After reading this module you should be able to. Identify . the processes that cause genetic diversity.. E. xplain . how evolution can occur through artificial selection.. E. xplain . how evolution can occur through natural selection.. Luciano Silva, Ph.D.. Luciano.silva@jmp.com. SAS Institute Inc.. Introduction. A case study in Rice. Exploring genetic diversity. G. enomic. s. election. Live demonstration. Oultine. Marker Assisted Selection (MAS).