My Blog on Biodiversity

 Biodiversity has been a topic that I have been briefly informed on with other courses, however this week I have had my understanding of the topic be expanded upon and deepend. My initial understanding on biodiversity was about the variety of different species in an ecosystem, but now I have come to realize that it is also connected to topics like evolution, natural selection and genetic variability. Not solely being on how many organisms coexist together but how these lives adapt to their environments over periods of time.

Genetic Variability was the topic that stuck out the most to me when going over our lecture, how over time mutations in a organisms genes start to create subsets of species, referred to as gene pools. These gene pools allow the species that has adapted best to its environment to reproduce and continue to survive while the weaker gene pool species are more likely to die off. This process of genetic variability is what allows species to be able to live on in their respective environments and without it species would die off due to constant change of conditions.

These topics have been increasingly interesting as the weeks have gone by and I truly never gave a second thought about our environment and its inner workings and am thankful to have this opportunity to broaden my understanding.