Selective breeding is used for more rapid evolution or artificial breeding.
The gradualism model of evolution states that change occurs gradually over time. On the other hand, the punctuated equilibrium model states that change occurs suddenly or rapidly.
The model known as gradualism.
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When Darwin first published his theories on evolution by natural selection, he envisaged evolution as a slow, steady process, with little variation in the rate of change. Later discoveries showed that this process was unlikely to be so slow and steady as was thought earlier; that in stead certain conditions enabled lifeforms to change rapidly, to develop significantly different morphologies in the course of less than 10.000 generations even. The first scientists to formulate such a model were S.J. Gould and N. Eldridge, and their model was called 'punctuated equilibrium'. To summarize: the significant difference between Darwin's gradualism and Gould's punctuated equilibrium is the variation in the rate of change.
As for types of evolution: within the context of biology, there's only one accepted model for evolution: the model that explains evolution in terms of population genetics, pioneered by Charles Darwin. As for rates: according to the punctuated equilibrium model, the rates of divergence can vary wildly. Species can exist for hundreds of thousands of generations, with only superficial morphological change, and then in the space of a mere ten thousand generations branch off into distinct separate morphologies.
a model of evolution in which short periods of drastic change in species are separated by long periods of little or no change
Punctuated Equilibrium, I believe is the answer.
The view of evolution occurring relatively constantly over a long time frame is called gradualism. This stands in contrast to the view of long periods of stasis punctuated by relatively rapid change, usually caused by environmental change. This is called punctuated equilibrium.A modern view of evolution recognizes that both processes are at work.
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This is the gradualism model.
The gradualism model of evolution states that change occurs gradually over time. On the other hand, the punctuated equilibrium model states that change occurs suddenly or rapidly.
The model known as gradualism.
The punctuated equilibrium theory suggests that evolution occurs in rapid bursts of change interspersed with long periods of stasis. It proposes that species experience sudden bursts of evolutionary change due to localized environmental pressures, followed by extended periods of little to no change. This theory contrasts with the gradualism model, which suggests a constant and gradual rate of evolution over time.
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Evolution is the biological model for the history of life on Earth.
The punctuated equilibrium model of evolution holds that evolution occurs in spurts, with species evolving relatively rapidly, and then remaining unchanged for long periods.
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