According to wikipedia:
However many scientists see "Neo-Darwinism" as outdated and incomplete. Evolution is clearly much more complex than we thought it was. There are far more evolutionary mechanisms than the ones listed above.
Gert Korthof who owns the website http://www.wasdarwinwrong.com/ believes that "the ingredients of the Third Evolutionary Synthesis are gradually becoming visible".
Indeed many new mechanisms have been discovered such as:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niche_construction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_drive
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=abstract&id=327895 (internal selection)
http://www.everythingology.com/lynn-margulis-symbiosis-is-the-driver-of-evolution/ (symbiosis)
I created this thread to discuss some of these mechanisms and perhaps so I can learn of any others. Thanks.
From a Neo-Darwinian perspective, evolution occurs when there are changes in the frequencies of alleles within a population of interbreeding organisms. For example, the allele for black colour in a population of moths becoming more common. Mechanisms that can lead to changes in allele frequencies include natural selection, genetic drift, genetic hitchhiking, mutation and gene flow.
However many scientists see "Neo-Darwinism" as outdated and incomplete. Evolution is clearly much more complex than we thought it was. There are far more evolutionary mechanisms than the ones listed above.
Gert Korthof who owns the website http://www.wasdarwinwrong.com/ believes that "the ingredients of the Third Evolutionary Synthesis are gradually becoming visible".
Indeed many new mechanisms have been discovered such as:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niche_construction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_drive
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=abstract&id=327895 (internal selection)
http://www.everythingology.com/lynn-margulis-symbiosis-is-the-driver-of-evolution/ (symbiosis)
I created this thread to discuss some of these mechanisms and perhaps so I can learn of any others. Thanks.