ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Transfer Rna, Probability Distribution, Somatic Cell
30 Sep 2016
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Inheritance and genetics and the forces of evolution. Natural selection operates on individuals favorably or unfavorably, but it is the population that evolves. The unit of natural selection is the individual; the unit of evolution is the population (turnbaungh et al. This is, individuals do not evolve in the genetic sense. It is cumulative process that works on breeding populations or gene pools and its descendants. Gemmules were proposed by darwin to be units of inheritance. Supposedly accumulated in the gametes so they could be passed on to the offspring. Combined to give blending inheritance-outdated concept that the phenotype of an individual is a uniform blend of the parent phenotypes. Darwin"s little book of origins of species 1859, 1866 mendel published. Gregor mendel, augustinian monk, in brno, czech republic. Why use pea plants: easy to reproduce, short period of time for generation, easy to quantify traits. Took tall and small plants and crossed them.
