Talk:Evolution/Outline6

Introduction

 * Par1: Variation and heredity.
 * Par2: Selection, speciation and common descent.
 * Par3: Scientific history and status.

History of evolutionary thought

 * Par1: Early ideas and Darwinism.
 * Par2: Mendelian inheritance.
 * Par3: Neo-Darwinism.

Heredity

 * Par1: Traits and reproduction.
 * Par2: Genes.
 * Par3: DNA and RNA.

Variation

 * Par1: Processes that produce variation.
 * Par2: Phenotype and genotype.
 * Par3: Allele frequency.

Mutation

 * Par1: Causes of mutation.
 * Par2: Effects of mutation.
 * Par3: Neutral mutations.

Recombination

 * Par1: Reproduction and shuffling.
 * Par2: Rates.
 * Par3: Gene duplication.

Gene flow

 * Par1: Same-species flow.
 * Par2: Migration and isolation.

Interspecies flow

 * Par1: Hybridization.
 * Par2: Horizontal gene transfer.
 * Par3: Implications for phylogeny.

Basic mechanisms

 * Par1: Overview of mechanisms.

Genetic drift

 * Par1: Random sampling.
 * Par2: Population size.

Natural selection

 * Par1: Fitness and survival.
 * Par2: Sexual and kin selection.

Adaptation and exaptation

 * Par1: Adaptation.
 * Par2: Exaptation and preadaptation.

Competition and cooperation

 * Par1: Competition and limited resources.
 * Par2: Cooperation and altruism.

Speciation and extinction

 * Par1: Speciation.
 * Par2: Divergence and isolation.
 * Par3: Anagenesis and cladogenesis.
 * Par4: Extinction.

Common descent

 * Par1: Local and universal common descent.
 * Par2: Evidence.

Homology

 * Par1: Comparative anatomy.
 * Par2: Vestigial structures.
 * Par3: Fossils.
 * Par4: Molecular similarities.
 * Par5: DNA and RNA.

History of life

 * Par1: Abiogenesis.
 * Par2: Early life to Cambrian explosion.
 * Par3: Rise of important phyla, classes, and species.

Phylogeny and systematics

 * Par1: Phylogenetics.
 * Par2: Classification and taxonomy.
 * Par3: Molecular research.

Modern research

 * Par1: Recent developments.
 * Par2: Ongoing studies.
 * Par3: Evolutionary algorithms.

Academic disciplines

 * Par1: Evolutionary biology.
 * Par2: Major subdisciplines (e.g., evo-devo).
 * Par3: Study of human evolution (e.g., physical anthropology).

Social effect

 * Par1: General social impact.
 * Par2: Evolution in popular culture.

Controversies

 * Par1: Social controversy, human as "mere animals".
 * Par2: Creationism (e.g., Intelligent Design).
 * Par3: Eugenics and social Darwinism.