Evolution and Biodiversity
About this course
Discover how natural selection acts upon biodiversity to drive long-term changes in populations, a fundamental process of evolution. This course examines how advantageous traits are retained while others are lost, and how isolated populations can genetically diverge to become entirely new species. By the end of this course, you will be able to explain how the natural environment "selects" for certain traits and how this can lead to the formation of new, distinct species.
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What you'll learn
- explain the concept of natural selection
- describe how advantageous traits are retained
- understand the genetic divergence of isolated populations
- articulate how new species can form
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