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Geneticvariation.

Howdospecieschangeoverthecourseof
time?Letslookatjust2Giraffes.

Wearelearning:
Variationinpopulationsareduetogenetic
mutations
Variationsinapopulationareselectedforby
nature,thisiscalledNaturalSelection
Naturalselectiondrivesevolution.
Darwin'stheoryofevolutioninthe1850's.

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LookcloserattheDNA,nucleotidesmake
DNA.ThenucleotidescanbeeitherGCT
orA.

Letslookcloseratthose2giraffes.They
bothcontainDNAthatcodesforwhat
theylooklike.

G=redT=yellow
C=greenA=blue

SNPSingleNucleotidePolymorphism

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WhatcouldcausetheDNAtochange?

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ThisistheDNAofthegiraffe.Lookclosely
atindividual2.Whatcanyousee?

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Whatdoyouthinkhascausedthelongneck
giraffe?

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