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| See latitudinal cline in all populations, both Northern and Southern hemisphere (fast allele more frequent at higher latitudes |
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| Sliding window analysis of silent polymorphism |
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Base pairs that experience balancing selection have a greater effective population size
Larger N implies greater polymorphism |
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Precambrian (3.6 bya – 543 mya)
Paleozoic (543 – 251 mya)
Mesozoic (251 – 65 mya)
“Age of reptiles”
Cenozoic (65 mya – present)
“Age of mammals |
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Anaerobic archaebacteria
Photosystem I and then II evolves |
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| Eukaryotes (mitochondria and chloroplasts) |
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| Variation in rate of speciation |
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Release from competition
Key adaptations / adaptive space
Specialization
Provinciality |
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| Variation in rate of extinction |
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Habitat loss often due to climate change
Competition |
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| Why is high turnover correlated with high extinction rates? |
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Ecological specialization
Fluctuating population sizes
Low dispersal |
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