https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim Int. Biology en-us 2017-05-18 15:07:04 UTC 2017-05-18 16:20:58 UTC hello@padlet.com raepost https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim/wish/172606784 --The Rabbit Army in Australia -- 12 rabbits were sent to Australia in 1859 and by 1886, hundreds of rabbits were taking the country over.  This problem is due to the lack of rabbit hunting. This is important to evolution because it shows the effect a species can make in a new environment.  It also helped scientists understand the functions of predators in a certain environment.
--I chose this topic as 10 because it wasn't very significant to me.  It also wan't too interesting for me.]]> 2017-05-18 15:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim/wish/172606784 raepost https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim/wish/172608957 --Common Descent -- The belief that every living organism/microorganism is related by a common ancestor. This is important to evolution because it helps show the similarities between extremely different species.  It also helped scientists discover the behaviours and characteristics in many newly found species.]]> 2017-05-18 15:16:13 UTC https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim/wish/172608957 raepost https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim/wish/172609803 --Drug Resistance in Bacteria -- A mutation in one small microorganism can cause millions of bacteria to be immune to any life-threatening antibiotic. This is important to evolution because it shows a microorganisms ability to become unaffected by chemicals that could kill it.  It also helped scientists figure out new ways to destroy those microorganisms, but will soon affect the bacteria tremendously.]]> 2017-05-18 15:18:50 UTC https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim/wish/172609803 raepost https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim/wish/172610731 --Mimicry -- The way a struggling organism is able to resemble a thriving organism to help its species survive is amazing.  This is important to evolution because it shows a species' ability to protect itself over the course of many generations.  It also helped scientists better understand the way a certain species is able to defend itself.
--I chose this topic as a 7 because it was important to understand the reason for two completely different species to look exactly alike.  However, it wasn't important enough to be rated higher because I learned more important reasons why organisms can be similar.
http://d1by67ljd45m4v.cloudfront.net/media/C3F85939-0C8A-1258-939B20C3E270DC96.jpg]]> 2017-05-18 15:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim/wish/172610731 raepost https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim/wish/172615080 --Camouflage -- An organism’s ability to blend their physical appearance into their surroundings is phenomenal.  This is important to evolution because it shows how an organism can protect itself from predators.  It also helped scientists learn more on how one species can be distinct and indefinite to other species.
http://cdn.instantshift.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/camouflaged-animals-01.jpg]]> 2017-05-18 15:35:45 UTC https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim/wish/172615080 raepost https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim/wish/172618737 --Charles Darwin -- He was known as a naturalist who developed a theory on evolution.  His discovery helped zoologists better understand the abilities these organisms have and helped give them a closer look at how they live.  He is important to evolution for his amazing studies and research on finches.
--I chose this topic as a 5 because he was important enough to understand and learn from.  However, there were things that I was more intrigued on learning.
http://media.salon.com/2015/02/charles_darwin2.jpg]]> 2017-05-18 15:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim/wish/172618737 raepost https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim/wish/172620973 --Descent with Modification -- A mutation in only one family member is able to affect at least an entire generation. This is important to evolution because it showed the conversity on an organism's DNA. It also helped scientists figure out that some different looking organisms could be from the same species.]]> 2017-05-18 15:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim/wish/172620973 raepost https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim/wish/172622590 --Natural selection -- A species has the ability to shift and change itself in order to keep the species alive.  This is important to evolution because it shows how many species have changed over the years.  It also helped scientists improve their knowledge on how nature can affect a certain species.
https://storybookstorage.s3.amazonaws.com/items/images/000/296/218/original/20160309-12191-1idtip9.png?1457525397]]> 2017-05-18 15:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim/wish/172622590 raepost https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim/wish/172624440 --RNA editing -- The way the coleoid cephalopods are able to change their RNA without altering the genes is astounding.  This is important to evolution because it shows how coleoid cephalopods are able to change or adapt to new environments.  It also helped scientists understand how they are able to make so many new changes without difficulty.
--I chose this topic as a 2 because I was very fascinated on how coleoid cephalopods adapted to their environment. It was also incredible to learn that interfering with any of the RNA edits could be life-threatening to the organism.
https://images.sciencedaily.com/2017/04/170406121601_1_900x600.jpg]]> 2017-05-18 16:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim/wish/172624440 raepost https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim/wish/172626382 --Horizontal gene transfer -- It shows the incredible ability an organism is capable of doing to help it survive.  This is important to evolution because it describes a process of how some organisms survive differently than expected.  It also helped scientists learn how a certain species was able to live off of sunlight.
--I chose this topic as a 1 because it was very intriguing to learn about. I was also fascinated on how an organism was able to take their food's DNA and encode it into their own.]]> 2017-05-18 16:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/raepost/2cin0vkr6tim/wish/172626382