Outline of evolution

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to evolution:

A diagram showing the relationships among various groups of organisms
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In biology, evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological organisms over generations due to natural selection, mutation, gene flow, and genetic drift. Also known as descent with modification. Over time these evolutionary processes lead to formation of new species (speciation), changes within lineages (anagenesis), and loss of species (extinction). "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.

Fundamentals about evolution

Introduction

Basic principles

Subfields

History

Evolutionary theory and modelling

See also Basic principles (above)

Population genetics

Evolutionary phenomena

Modelling

Taxonomy, systematics, and phylogeny

Fundamentals

Basic concepts of phylogenetics

Inference methods

Current topics

Group Traits

  • Biology:Autapomorphy – Distinctive feature, known as a derived trait, that is unique to a given taxon

Group Types

Evolution of biodiversity

Origin and evolutionary history of life

  • Biology:Abiogenesis – Natural process by which life arises from non-living matter
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Evolution of organisms

Evolution of tetrapods

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Evolution of other animals

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Evolution of plants

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Evolution of other taxa

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Evolution of cells, organs, and systems

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Evolution of molecules and genes

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Evolution of behaviour

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Evolution of other processes

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Applications in other disciplines

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Evolutionary issues

Controversy about evolution

Religious and philosophical views of evolution

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Influence of evolutionary theory

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  • See also Applications in other disciplines

Publications and organizations concerning evolution

Books

Journals

  • Evolutionary Bioinformatics – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".

Organizations

Evolution scholars and researchers

Prominent evolutionary biologists

  • Biography:Charles Darwin – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
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See also

  • Biology:Outline of biology – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
    • Biology:Outline of genetics – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Earth:Biogeography – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
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  • Biology:Effective evolutionary time – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Evolutionary acquisition of neural topologies – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
  • Biology:Evolutionary anachronism – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". – Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24".
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General information
Experiments concerning the process of biological evolution
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