PPT-The evolution of flightless birds

A RESOURCE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GALAPAGOS CONSERVATION TRUST REGISTERED CHARITY NO 1043470 GALAPAGOSCONSERVATIONORGUK A RESOURCE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GALAPAGOS CONSERVATION TRUST REGISTERED CHARITY NO 1043470. INTRODUCTIONPhalacrocorax harrisi is one of the world’s rarest seabirds (~1000 pairs; Jim BOSERET G (1. ), . SAEGERMAN . C (1).. (. 1). Service d’épidémiologie et d’analyse de risque associée aux sciences vétérinaires. Département . des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires, . Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, . 18A. Common Characteristics. Covered with feathers. Have thin-walled, often hollow bones (these bones are not lighter, but they are denser, stiffer, and stronger). Require enormous amounts of energy. Kat Harris, FSA Shorebird Monitoring Biologist. Map & table credit: Whitney Haskell. 61 . routes. surveyed at least once in 2015. 38 “Gold Star” Routes. 23 routes not surveyed*. 84 Total Routes for . Bird Taxonomy. Kingdom: . Animalia. Phylum: . Chordata. Subphylum: . Craniata. Infraphylum. : . Vertebrata. Class: . Aves. Ornithology- study of birds. Characteristics of Birds. Adaptations for flight. Chapter 16. Birds. Birds belong to the class Aves.. Aves comes from the Latin word for bird. .. First appeared on Earth 150 million years . ago. Section 1. Bird Characteristics. S. hare some characteristics with reptiles. A mechanism for change in populations.. Any change in the . inherited . traits within a population across generations. Individuals better adapted to their environment tend to survive and . produce more offspring. 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. Mechanisms of concerted evolution. Unequal cross-over. Gene conversion: non-reciprocal transfer of information between homologous sequences; the main mechanism invoked to explain concerted evolution. 2015. Map & table credit: Whitney Haskell. Timucuan. partnership routes surveyed at least once during the 2015 nesting season. Route coverage: summary stats. 19 routes surveyed at least once in 2015 (of 23 routes). Native Hawaiian Birds Project 1 By Jordan and Kako http://www.bird- friends.com/pics/ papane Purpose of Our Experiment of . the Red . Queen. CfE. . Advanced Higher Biology. Unit . 2: . Organisms and Evolution. SQA mandatory key information. A change in the traits of one species acts as a selection pressure on the other species. . - I can demonstrate understanding of how the Theory of Evolution was formed. - . I can explain the terms adaptation, evolution and natural selection.. Who is this person?. Why are they on a £10 note?. . 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.