Subject
Grade
Concept/Content
mechanisms for the diversity of life:
- mutation and its impact on evolution
- natural selection and artificial selection
Elaboration
- positive, negative, and neutral impacts
- mutagens and carcinogens
- adaptive radiation
- selection pressure (e.g., adaptation and extinction, invasive species)
- adaptations
- extinctions
- in agriculture (e.g., monoculture, polyculture, food sustainability)
- breeding (plant and animal)
keywords
mutation
natural selection
artificial selection