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AP Biology: Natural Selection

Mechanisms and evidence for evolution

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Natural selection items often present data from field studies or fossils and ask you to infer mechanism. Distinguish natural selection from genetic drift, gene flow, and mutation.

Review Hardy-Weinberg as a null model: what assumptions must hold for allele frequencies to stay stable? Deviations point to evolution in action.

Use this page to practice explaining why a trait increases fitness in a specific environment, not just defining evolution vocabulary.