Be able to explain ways that the diversity of life on earth can be explained and categorized using molecular biology. Be able to give examples of the values of biodiversity locally and elsewhere. Explain how this diversity may have arisen over evolutionary time. As a specific example, explain how naturally showy flowers such as the California poppy or a wild rose may have evolved. 30 of your text.
Angiosperms provide the vast majority of food crops for humans.
We currently rely on just a handful of crops to meet the needs of the majority of human nutrition on the planet. Some are beautiful toadstools, others are inconspicuous or gross and gooey. Explain your answer. Be able to compare and contrast the characteristics of the invertebrate groups with each other and with the other taxa we have been discuss in class. What are the key specializations that evolved in vertebrates for them to become fully terrestrial.