Natural Selection - Crash Course Biology #14

Hank guides us through the process of natural selection, the key mechanism of evolution.

Table of Contents:
1) Natural Selection 1:27
2) Adaptation 2:56
3) Fitness 3:36
4) Four Principals 3:54
a. Variations 4:01
b. Heritability 4:17
c. "The Struggle for Existence" 4:25
d. Survival and Reproductive Rates 5:00
5) Biolography 5:59
6) Modes of Selection 7:40
a. Directional Selection 8:17
b. Stabilizing Selection 8:56
c. Disruptive Selection 9:27
7) Sexual Selection 10:22
8) Artificial Selection 11:24

References:
http://curiosity.discovery.com..../topic/ecology-and-e
http://www.globalchange.umich.....edu/globalchange1/cu
http://blogs.scientificamerica....n.com/observations/2
http://www.aibs.org/bioscience....-press-releases/reso
http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.....edu/faculty/michael.
http://www.irac-online.org/about/resistance/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolut....ion/library/01/6/l_0
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/....evolibrary/article/e

This video uses the following sounds from Freesound.org:
"20071104.forest.04.binaural.mp3" by dobroide
"ForestBirds.wav" by HerbertBoland

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