MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION Muhamad Rifqi Rizkillah Dan Sherlin Yuliani
MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION Muhamad Rifqi Rizkillah Dan Sherlin Yuliani
MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION Muhamad Rifqi Rizkillah Dan Sherlin Yuliani
OBJECTIVES
After completing this lesson, you will be able to :
1. Define evolution
2. Ask question about evolution
3. Define natural selection
4. Construct a graph based on the data
5. Construct hypotheses from the phenomenon
6. Predict an explanation from the phenomenon
Source
:C.F. Curtis et.al., Selection for and against insecticide resistance and
possible methods of inhibiting the evolution of resistance in mosquitoes,
Ecological Entomology 3:273-287(1978)
Graph:
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4% 45% 75% x
Y : month
EXERCISE D Constructing hypotheses
Examining the graph, hypothesize why the percentage of mosquitoes resistant to DDT rose
rapidly!
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EXERCISE E Predicting
Suggest an explanation for the global spread of DDT resistance!
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