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understanding of how Natural Selection works.
As mentioned before, the study involving the peppered
moths has been called into question. Keep in mind that
good science evolves too! Accepted concepts are continually
re-examined. Go here to see a re-evaluation of the
pepper moth study:
http://www.arn.org/docs/wells/jw_pepmoth.htm
Here is another version of the peppered moths story; evolution may not have been
via natural selection.
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Want to know
more about natural selection?
Here are external links. Some served as resources in
making the tutorial, while others are just for fun!
DARWIN
http://www.aboutdarwin.com/voyage/voyage01.html
About Darwin, from childhood to death. Information and
pictures are available about his trip on the HMS Beagle,
his family, and his books.
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/d/d22v/
About Darwin's Voyage on the Beagle
http://www3.mistral.co.uk/bradburyac/dar0.html
How The Origins of the Species came together -- through
contributions of Charles Darwin, Edward Blyth, Charles
Lyell and Alfred Wallace.
http://www.biology-online.org/2/10_natural_selection.htm
An outline of Darwin's theory.
NATURAL SELECTION EXAMPLES
http://www.biology-online.org/2/11_natural_selection.htm
Short discussion of industrial melanism and sickle cell
trait.
GENERAL
http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~deban/feedingmovieindex.html
Feeding maneuvers of different salamander species (with
movies and brief information). Quicktime is required
but is also provided in this site.
http://www.biology-online.org/2/15_adaptive_radiation.htm
Examples of adaptive radiation: Darwin's finches; marsupials
in Australia; and humans.
http://www.biology-online.org/2/14_gene_pool.htm
Quick review of mechanisms (other than natural selection)
that can alter the gene pool.
http://www.tulane.edu/~guill/eeob208.html
Lecture outline on evolution, which includes natural
selection, Hardy Weinberg Law, speciation, etc.
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