Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Lecture notes on microevolution and macrevolution

Microevolution:The evolution which occurs on a small scale and within a single population is micro evolution.Changes in the gene pool, which results in a few changes in the same species also called Intra-species genetic change. The changes in micro evolution occur over short timescales.Genetic information gets altered or rearranged.As this process has been experimentally proven and so creationists support this type of evolution.
Example
The peppered moth, new strains of flu viruses, Galapagos finch beaks,Pesticide resistance, herbicide resistance, and antibiotic resistance are all examples of microevolution by natural selection
Macroevolution:The evolution that occurs on a large and surpasses the level of the single species is macro evolution.The macroevolution results in the formation of new species. The changes observed in macro evolution occurs over long-time scales.There is the new addition, deletion in the genetic structure, resulting in the new species.As there are many barriers in providing experimental proof and so creationists do not support this kind of evolution.
Examples:Origin of different phyla, development of vertebrates from invertebrates, development of featherrs and scales, evolution of birds fom reptiles 

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