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Essay on Evolution
There are many mechanisms that lead to evolutionary change. One of the
most important mechanism in evolution is natural selection which is the
differential success in the reproduction of different phenotypes resulting from the
interaction of organisms with their environment. Natural selection occurs when a
environment makes a individual adapt to that certain environment by variations
that arise by mutation and genetic recombination. Also it favors certain traits in a
individual than other traits so that these favored traits will be presented in the
next generation. Another mechanism of evolution is genetic drift. Genetic drift is
a random change in a small gene pool due to sampling errors in propagation of
alleles or chance. Genetic drift depends greatly on the size of the gene pool. If
the gene pool is large, the better it will represent the gene pool of the previous
generation. If it is small, its gene pool may not be accurately represented in the
next generation due to sampling error. Genetic drift usually occurs in small
populations that contain less than 100 individuals, but in large populations drift
may have no significant effect on the population. Another mechanism is gene
flow which is when a population may gain or lose alleles by the migration of
fertile individuals between populations. This may cause the allele frequencies in
a gene pool to change and allow the organism to evolve. The most obvious
mechanism would have to be mutation that arises in the gene pool of a
population or individual. It is also the original source of the genetic variation that
serves as raw material for natural selection.
Not only are there mechanisms of evolution, but there is also evidence to
prove that these mechanisms are valid and have helped create the...