BIOL 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Selective Breeding, Pesticide Resistance, Melanism
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What caused darwin to find the mechanism of evolution was due to his whole voyage. One of the two things that influenced him to make this conclusion was artificial selection, the second being rev. Individuals that are best adapted can breed. Darwin accumulate enough evidence for this theory. Alfred russel wallace sent a letter to darwin regarding his observations. Walla(cid:272)e des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)ed dar(cid:449)i(cid:374)"s theor(cid:455) of (cid:374)atural sele(cid:272)tio(cid:374) i(cid:374) his letter. Be(cid:272)ause walla(cid:272)e"s paper (cid:449)as short a(cid:374)d written in a short time, not much supporting evidence was included. Within a year afterwards, darwin started writing his book, the origin of species, which was praised a lot and sold out the first day. I(cid:374) dar(cid:449)i(cid:374)"s (cid:271)ook, he had i(cid:374)(cid:272)luded (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) e(cid:448)ide(cid:374)(cid:272)e a(cid:272)(cid:272)u(cid:373)ulated over the decades, was very convincing, hence why darwin is remembered as the person who brought about the discovery of evolution.
