punctuated equilibrium.pptVIP

PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM NEO-DARWINISM Evolutionary change is both slow and gradual Resulting from the accumulation of many small genetic changes favoured by natural selection Other effects occasionally making small contributions Gradualism Evolution of new species Two possible ways from gradualism PHYLETIC TRANSFORMATION ALLOPATRIC SPECIATION PHYLETIC TRANSFORMATION Gradual accumulation of small genetic variations preserved by natural selection A whole population imperceptibly to evolve in to a new species Impossible to draw a clear line between the end of the first species and the beginning