Evolutionary Biology Term Paper Topics

1. Evidence of co-evolution

• bacterial symbionts
• plant/animal
• fungal symbionts

1. Evidence for the evolution of developmental pathways
2. Evidence for the evolution of diverse mating systems
3. Demonstration of the role of disease in the evolution of species
4. Evidence of evolution resulting from predator-prey interactions
5. Evidence of evolution in the mitochondrial genome
6. Evidence for the ancestral group of flowering plants
7. Evidence for speciation through hybridization.
8. Evidence for reticulate evolution.
9. Evidence for speciation through polyploidization
10. Evidence for sympatric speciation
11. Evidence for the evolution of codon choice
12. Evidence of evolution in the chloroplast genome
13. Recent evidence arguing for or against Wright's shifting balance theory
14. Hypotheses on the evolution of sex and recombination