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Evolution Unit Reading Guide
You will take notes in your marble notebook. Divide the page in half vertically. Write your notes only on
the left side of the page. You will use the right side of the page when you add to your reading notes
during class.
Use the guide below to create headings in your notes.
Evidence for Evolution
Selective breeding and
artificial selection
Humans have modified
many species…
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Homologous structures
Homologous structures
are similar due to
common ancestry…
Set 1: Evidence for Evolution
Reading notes due _______________________________
Biology in Focus, pp 371, 373-379
Evidence for evolution from selective breeding and artificial selection
Evidence for evolution from homologous structures
Mammalian pentadactyl forelimb as an example of homologous structures
Evidence for evolution from the fossil record
Definition of a scientific theory
Example of observed evolution: soapberry bugs (pg 373)
Example of observed evolution: antibiotic resistance in bacteria (pg 374)
Set 2: Natural Selection
Reading notes due _______________________________
Biology in Focus, pp 368-372
Definition of adaptation
Importance of variation within a species
Overproduction of offspring
Difference in survival rates based on inherited traits
Change in frequency of heritable traits
Natural selection summary
Set 3: Classification and Biodiversity
Reading notes due ________________________________
Biology Course Companion, pp 260-268 (given as a photocopied handout)
System of binomial nomenclature
Three domains, and the major characteristics of each domain
Hierarchy of eukaryotic taxa
Classification of the gray wolf, from kingdom to species level
Classification of the date palm, from kingdom to species level
Advantages of natural classification
Major characteristics of bryophyta, filicinophyta, coniferophyta, and angiospermophyta
Major characteristics and example species of the six major animal phyla
Major characteristics of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals
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