Talk:Evolution/Outline6

Introduction

• Par1: Variation and heredity.
• Par2: Selection, speciation and common descent.
• Par3: Scientific history and status.

History of evolutionary thought

• Par1: Early ideas and Darwinism.
• Par2: Mendelian inheritance.
• Par3: Neo-Darwinism.

Heredity

• Par1: Traits and reproduction.
• Par2: Genes.
• Par3: DNA and RNA.

Variation

• Par1: Processes that produce variation.
• Par2: Phenotype and genotype.
• Par3: Allele frequency.

Mutation

• Par1: Causes of mutation.
• Par2: Effects of mutation.
• Par3: Neutral mutations.

Recombination

• Par1: Reproduction and shuffling.
• Par2: Rates.
• Par3: Gene duplication.

Gene flow

• Par1: Same-species flow.
• Par2: Migration and isolation.

Interspecies flow

• Par1: Hybridization.
• Par2: Horizontal gene transfer.
• Par3: Implications for phylogeny.

Basic mechanisms

• Par1: Overview of mechanisms.

Genetic drift

• Par1: Random sampling.
• Par2: Population size.

Natural selection

• Par1: Fitness and survival.
• Par2: Sexual and kin selection.

Adaptation and exaptation

• Par1: Adaptation.
• Par2: Exaptation and preadaptation.

Competition and cooperation

• Par1: Competition and limited resources.
• Par2: Cooperation and altruism.

Speciation and extinction

• Par1: Speciation.
• Par2: Divergence and isolation.
• Par3: Anagenesis and cladogenesis.
• Par4: Extinction.

Common descent

• Par1: Local and universal common descent.
• Par2: Evidence.

Homology

• Par1: Comparative anatomy.
• Par2: Vestigial structures.
• Par3: Fossils.
• Par4: Molecular similarities.
• Par5: DNA and RNA.

History of life

• Par1: Abiogenesis.
• Par2: Early life to Cambrian explosion.
• Par3: Rise of important phyla, classes, and species.

Phylogeny and systematics

• Par1: Phylogenetics.
• Par2: Classification and taxonomy.
• Par3: Molecular research.

Modern research

• Par1: Recent developments.
• Par2: Ongoing studies.
• Par3: Evolutionary algorithms.

Academic disciplines

• Par1: Evolutionary biology.
• Par2: Major subdisciplines (e.g., evo-devo).
• Par3: Study of human evolution (e.g., physical anthropology).

Social effect

• Par1: General social impact.
• Par2: Evolution in popular culture.

Controversies

• Par1: Social controversy, human as "mere animals".
• Par2: Creationism (e.g., Intelligent Design).
• Par3: Eugenics and social Darwinism.