In textbooks and in classrooms, "ecology," "mechanisms of heredity," and "biochemistry of life" are presented as separate units; evolution is likewise compartmentalized into a single chapter or set of related lectures.
The large-enrollment course (n = 88) served students at various stages in their academic programs (24%% freshmen, 33%% sophomores, 18%% juniors, and 25%% seniors) and was comprised of three units: evolution (first 6 weeks), form and function of plants and animals (next 5 weeks), and ecology (last 5 weeks).
The introductory biology course included three primary units: evolution, form and function, and ecology.
It must be noted that only an informational replicator can be a unit of evolution, since, for evolution, a genotype is needed that can copied time to time.
SOMA'S main characteristics are: modular architecture, asynchronous relations between units, planning and execution functions enclosed in units, system evolution based on units aprenticeship and process oriented system.
A, Adaptation to Altitude mini-unit; M, Malaria mini-unit; S, Evolution of Human Skin color mini-unit.
5.2 Unit of evolution: a replicator is a unit of evolution if it is a unit of selection and has a heritable genotype that is linked to the phenotype.
Students in all sections, except for one control section, were taught a unit on evolution that included a discussion on the neutral LDS doctrine on evolution.
Thus, the disruptive selection and monopolization schools view the population as the primary unit of evolution whereas the cohesion school views the species as the primary unit of evolution.
An overly-rationalistic approach to biology has led towards a way of viewing nature where the unit of evolution is seen as a discrete building block – "the selfish gene" – de-emphasising the interplay of relationships.
