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Evolutionary biology
Part of a series on
Diagrammatic representation of the divergence of modern taxonomic groups from their common ancestor.
Key topics Introduction to evolution Common descent Evidence of common descent
Processes and outcomes Population genetics Variation Diversity Mutation Natural selection Adaptation Polymorphism Genetic drift Gene flow Speciation Adaptive radiation Co-operation Coevolution Divergence Convergence Parallel evolution Extinction
Natural history Origin of life History of life Timeline of evolution Human evolution Phylogeny Biodiversity Biogeography Classification Evolutionary taxonomy Cladistics Transitional fossil Extinction event
History of evolutionary theory Overview Renaissance Before Darwin Darwin Origin of Species Before synthesis Modern synthesis Molecular evolution Evo-devo Current research History of paleontology (timeline)
Fields and applications Applications of evolution Biosocial criminology Ecological genetics Evolutionary aesthetics Evolutionary anthropology Evolutionary computation Evolutionary ecology Evolutionary economics Evolutionary epistemology Evolutionary ethics Evolutionary game theory Evolutionary linguistics Evolutionary medicine Evolutionary neuroscience Evolutionary physiology Evolutionary psychology Experimental evolution Phylogenetics Paleovirology Selective breeding Systematics Universal Darwinism
Social implications Evolution as fact and theory Social effect Creation–evolution controversy Objections to evolution Level of support
Evolutionary biology portal Category Template:Books-inline Related topics
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to evolution:

Evolution – change in heritable traits of biological organisms over generations due to natural selection, mutation, gene flow, and genetic drift. Also known as descent with modification. "Evolution" is also another name for evolutionary biology, the subfield of biology concerned with studying evolutionary processes that produced the diversity of life on Earth.

General reference

Introduction to evolution – non-technical introduction
Evolution as fact and theory – basis for scientific acceptance as theory (well-substantiated explanation) based on fact (empirical data and objective verifiable observation)

Subfields of evolution

Evolutionary processes

Macroevolution – change above level of species, including:
- Speciation – evolutionary process by which new biological species arise.
  - Natural speciation
    - Allopatric speciation –
    - Peripatric speciation –
    - Parapatric speciation –
    - Sympatric speciation –
  - Artificial speciation
    - Animal husbandry –
    - Plant breeding –
    - Genetic engineering –
  - Hybrid speciation –
- Despeciation –
- Anagenesis –
- Extinction –
Microevolution – change within species or populations, due to mutation, selection (natural and artificial), gene flow, and genetic drift
Concerted evolution
Convergent evolution

List of examples of convergent evolution

Divergent evolution

Divergent evolution in animals

Evolvability – capacity of a system for adaptive evolution. Beneficial mutations are always rare, but if they are too rare, then adaptation cannot occur. Biological genomes are structured in ways that make beneficial changes less unlikely than they would otherwise be. Evolution has created not just fitter organisms, but populations of organisms that are better able to evolve.
Evolution of ageing
Evolution of biological complexity
Evolution of multicellularity
Evolution of photosynthesis
Evolutionary arms race
Evolutionary capacitance
Evolutionary fauna
Evolutionary logic
Evolutionary pressure
Evolutionary radiation
Evolutionary trap
Horizontal evolution
Horizontal gene transfer in evolution
Human evolution (origins of society and culture)
Inversion (evolutionary biology)
Mosaic evolution
Parallel evolution
Quantum evolution
Recurrent evolution
Robustness (evolution)

Taxonomy, systematics, and phylogeny

Alpha taxonomy
Biological classification
Cladistics
Common descent – how different lineages of organisms share a most recent common ancestor
- Most recent common ancestor – most recent individual from which all organisms in a group are directly descended. It is impossible to identify the specific MRCA of a large set of individuals, but an estimate of the time at which the MRCA lived can often be given.
- Evidence of common descent –
Evolutionary grade
Lineage (evolution)
Linnaean taxonomy
Phylogenetics
Taxonomy (biology)
Taxonomic rank

History of evolution

History of the science of evolution

Evolutionary history of life

Evolutionary history of life – outline of major events during evolution of life on Earth

Timeline of evolutionary history of life – more concise outline

Evolution of organisms

Evolution of tetrapods

Evolution of tetrapods

Evolution of dinosaurs

Evolution of birds

Evolution of mammals

Evolution of humans

Evolution of lemurs

Evolution of sirenians

Evolution of reptiles

Evolution of other animals

Evolution of plants

Evolution of plants

Evolution of other taxa

Evolution of influenza

E. coli long-term evolution experiment

Evolution of cells, organs, and systems

Evolution of molecules and genes

Evolutionary psychology and the evolution of behaviour

Sexual selection in human evolution

Modelling

Religious and philosophical views of evolution

Ahmadiyya views on evolution

Controversy over evolution

Applications of evolution

Applications of evolution – practical applications in fields such as ecology, artificial intelligence, medicine, and computer science

References

External links

This outline displayed as a mindmap, at wikimindmap.com

General information

Evolution on In Our Time at the BBC
"Evolution". New Scientist. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
"Evolution Resources from the National Academies". U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
"Understanding Evolution: your one-stop resource for information on Evolution". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
"Evolution of Evolution – 150 Years of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species"". National Science Foundation. Retrieved May 30, 2011.

Experiments concerning the process of biological evolution

Lenski RE. "Experimental Evolution – Michigan State University". Retrieved July 31, 2013.
Algorithms, games, and evolution, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA

Online lectures

Carroll SB. "The Making of the Fittest". Retrieved May 30, 2011.
Stearns SC. "Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior". Retrieved August 30, 2011.

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