BIOL 1001 : Topic List For Final Exam - Farrah - 1001 - Spring 2014
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Topic list for the final exam that will be ~ 50 questions. A small portion of questions (about 10%) will be cumulative in nature. The acquired characteristics are then passed down. (now we know that acquired characteristics are not passed down to children: theory of evolution- four postulates about populations. Individual members of a population differ from one another in many ways: variation is a result of random mutations, each exact dna sequence is unique. At least some of these differences are due to inheritable traits: no proof except observation, mendel"s work later proved this (kind of) In each generation, some individuals survive to reproduce and some do not. Individuals with advantageous traits survive longest and produce the most offspring. (natural selection) Survival of the fittest survival is not determined by chance, but instead by the characteristics of an individual: evidence of evolution: fossils comparative anatomy, embryological similarities, biochemical and genetic analyses (including figures 14. 7, 14. 11, 14.
