KAPDEC® | Elite STEM Learning Platform | https://kapdec.com Unit : Natural selection Chapter: Introduction to natural selection Reference: Darwin theory of natural selection or Darwinism, Feature of Darwin’s theory of natural selection, Criticism of natural selection theory, Evidence in the favour of theory of natural selection, Effect of industrial melanism on peppered moth (Biston betularia), […]
KAPDEC® | Elite STEM Learning Platform | https://kapdec.com Unit: Ecology Chapter: Energy flow in ecosystem Reference : Energy flow in ecosystem ,productivity ,food chain, trophic levels and ecological pyramids Learning objectives To understand productivity, types of food chain To learn about ecological pyramids Energy flow in ecosystem Energy is the ability to do work. The […]
KAPDEC® | Elite STEM Learning Platform | https://kapdec.com Unit:Ecology Chapter- Responses to the environment Reference: Ecology, Levels of ecological organisation, Environmental factor, Habitat, Niche, Major Abiotic factors, Types of organism-based tolerance, salinity, Growth, Transpiration, Germination, Pigmentation, Daily rhythms in animals Photoperiodism, Light zone in aquatic habitat, Soil, Responses to Abiotic Factors Learning objectives To understand […]
KAPDEC® | Elite STEM Learning Platform | https://kapdec.com Unit: Natural selection Chapter: Origin of life on earth Reference: Origin of life, Theory of spontaneous creation (Theory of abiogenesis or Autogenesis), Evidences against the theory Redi’s experiment, Spallanzani experiment, Louis Pasteur experiment, Theory of panspermia or cosmozoic theory or spore theory, Theory of special creation, Theory […]
KAPDEC® | Elite STEM Learning Platform | https://kapdec.com Unit : Natural selection Chapter: Variations in populations Reference: Variations, Cause of Genetic variation, Adaptations due to variations, Phenotypic variation, Cause of Phenotypic Variation, Genetic diversity, and its importance Learning objectives To understand the factors responsible for variations in population Variations Genotypic variations are caused by differences […]
KAPDEC® | Elite STEM Learning Platform | https://kapdec.com Unit : Natural selection Chapter: Extinction Reference: Extinction, Effect of extinction, Causes of Extinction, Asteroid Strikes, Climate Change, Disease, Loss of habitat, Lack of Genetic Diversity, Better Adapted Competition, Pollution, Relation between speciation and extinction, Relation between extinction and adaptive radiation Learning objectives To understand the cause […]
KAPDEC® | Elite STEM Learning Platform | https://kapdec.com Unit : Natural selection Chapter: Speciation Reference: Speciation, Speciation Causes, Natural selection Genetic drift, Migration, Natural causes, Types of speciation, Allopatric Speciation, Example of allopatric speciation, Sympatric Speciation, Examples of sympatric speciation Learning objectives To describe the conditions under which new species may arise. To describe […]
KAPDEC® | Elite STEM Learning Platform | https://kapdec.com Unit : Natural selection Chapter: Phylogeny Reference: Phylogeny, Evidence for specific phylogenies Phylogenetic tree, Importance of a phylogenetic tree Types of phylogenetic tree, Animal Phylogeny, Phylogenetic analysis in bioinformatics Learning objectives To describe the types of evidence that can be used to infer an evolutionary relationship. To […]
KAPDEC® | Elite STEM Learning Platform | https://kapdec.com Unit : Natural Selection Chapter: Continuing Evolution Reference: Continuing evolution, Contributions to genomic evolution, Continuous change in fossil record, Evolution in antibiotic resistance Learning objectives To explain how evolution is an ongoing process in all living organisms. Continuing evolution Genomic changes over time indicate humans and other […]
KAPDEC® | Elite STEM Learning Platform | https://kapdec.com Unit : Natural selection Chapter: Common Ancestry Reference: Common ancestry, Homologous organs, Analogous organs, Fossils, Vestigial organs, Molecular Phylogeny, Homologous genes Learning objectives To understand the fundamental molecular and cellular features shared across all domains of life, which provide evidence of common ancestry Common ancestry Ancestral organism […]