TEKS 112.42(c)(10)(A)
analyze and evaluate how natural selection produces change in populations and not in individuals;
Source: Texas Administrative Code §112.42 (Chapter 112) · Adopted 2020
Knowledge & Skills 112.42(c)(10)
Science concepts--biological evolution
The student knows evolutionary theory is a scientific explanation for the unity and diversity of life that has multiple mechanisms. The student is expected to:
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Other expectations under 112.42(c)(10)
- TEKS 112.42(c)(10)(B) analyze and evaluate how the elements of natural selection, including inherited variation, the potential of a population to produce more offspring than can survive, and a finite su…
- TEKS 112.42(c)(10)(C) analyze and evaluate how natural selection may lead to speciation; and
- TEKS 112.42(c)(10)(D) analyze evolutionary mechanisms other than natural selection, including genetic drift, gene flow, mutation, and genetic recombination, and their effect on the gene pool of a popula…