Lamarck's postulates and Weismann's mice, Darwin's five steps and the peppered moth, and how Neo-Darwinism adds mutation, drift, isolation and Hardy–Weinberg.
Of the 3 marks for Evolutionary Biology, Theories of evolution usually claims one, and it is the chapter most likely to carry an understanding or application item. The MEC scope line is three words: Lamarckism, Darwinism, Neo-Darwinism. How they are asked:
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