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One possible example of rapid adaptation to a changing environment is the Italian wall lizard - Podarcis sicula. In 1971, ten adult P. sicula specimens from the island of Kopište were transported 3.5 km east to the island of Mrčara, where they founded a new bottlenecked population. When scientists returned to assay the populations on this island decades later, they found that descendants of this founding population had changed significantly in behaviour and morphology: they had shifted from being primarily insectivore to being primarily herbivore, and had developed territorial behaviour and changes to their digestive systems to match.
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What is the model in of evolution in which periods of rapid change occur is called?
Selective breeding is used for more rapid evolution or artificial breeding.
Scientists have observed evolution on a rapid time scale in what organism?
Bacteria
How did Darwin think evolution occurred?
Darwin thought evolution occurred in short periods of rapid change. For example, when he traveled to the Galapagos he observed how different species on each island had various characteristics that helped them adapt to their environment. From this you can infer that Darwin's belief was punctuated equilibrium.
What is an example of micro evolution?
You are an example of human micro-evolution as the population of humans has changed allele frequency over time. Micro-evolution is just evolution; change over time.
The theory that evolution occurs during short periods of rapid change is puntuated?
Punctuated equilibrium.
What is the definition for rapid evolution?
Rapid evolution is where the subjective species in a population is considered to be evolving in an unusually high frequency and rate, thus 'rapid' evolution is occuring.
What is the model in of evolution in which periods of rapid change occur is called?
Selective breeding is used for more rapid evolution or artificial breeding.
The rapid development of mammals at the beginning of the Cenozoic era is an example of?
Adaptation and evolution, along with the extinction of the dominant land animals of the late Mesozoic.
Model of evolution showing rapid change?
Fossil
What is evolution that occurs in short rapid bursts?
Punctuated equilibrium
What theory has been used to explain the pattern of rapid evolution that often occurs after a mass extinction event?
The theory of rapid evolution rather than over a very long time.
Scientists have observed evolution on a rapid time scale in what organism?
Bacteria
Which organism was reported to have experienced rapid evolution in a lake in Germany?
Hydra
Scientists have observed evolution in a rapid time scale in what organism?
Bacteria
What is an example of micro evolution in organisms?
example of an micro-evolution in an organism?
Why is a rapid bacterial evolution such a threat to human health?
Bacterial evolution results in bacteria that are resistant or immune to medicine and/or our immune system.
What is the theory that evolution occurs during short period of rapid change?
Equilibria
