Genotypes and Phenotypes
Convergence, Natural Selection, 'Survival of the Fittest'
Convergent evolution is independent evolution of different species that forms similar features. This can commonly be mistaken for divergent evolution, which is when related species form different features which causes them to split into two species. An example discussed in "Improbable Destinies" chapter 1 was how marsupials and mammals are evolutionary distinct but have multiple counterparts that look similar. I chose to depict the sugar glider and flying monkey in my depiction but the chapter also discussed marsupial mole-mole, wombat-groundhog, quoll-wildcat, and thylacine-wolf. These animals look identical to one another but one is placenta bearing and one has an external pouch. This convergent evolution could possibly come from the fact that geologically the pouch bearing animals tend to have shorter gestation periods or that they are not able to provide enough nutrition to the growing marsupial without it being outside of the womb. Since mammals have longer gestation p...
That is so cool how you get your template to look like that, I loved your giraffe illustrations and how you used different genotypes for each giraffe! Very cool!
ReplyDeleteI love the drawings of your giraffes and the newspaper format is so cool!
ReplyDeleteI love how you incorporated your explanation into newspaper! I was thinking about using that same method for my final presentation. Your giraffes are adorable too! Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteI think this also applies to survival of the best fit. Even though the giraffe with the long neck has a lot of advantages and is favorable in reproduction, having a long neck still has disadvantages, but the long neck is still preferable.
ReplyDeleteThe way you formatted your visual and the information as a newspaper article is very unique!
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