Evolutionary Biology

The subfield of biology that studies the evolutionary processes that produced the diversity of life on Earth.

Theories

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Evolutionary Biology

Laws

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Dollo's Law of Irreversibility

Van Valen's Law

Other Concepts

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Red Queen Hypothesis

Evolution by Natural Selection

Foster's Rule

Hamilton's Rule

Muller's Ratchet

Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution

Convergent Evolution

Phenotypic Plasticity

Baldwin Effect

Modern Synthesis

Punctuated Equilibrium

Sexual Selection

Bateman's Principle

Evolutionarily Stable Strategy

Phyletic Gradualism