BIOL359 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Population Genetics, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Erasmus Darwin
19 Apr 2018
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Biol 359 topic 1 january 5, 2018. Evolutionary biology begins in 1859 when oos was published. Darwin was not the one that came up with evolution, but instead, he was the one that provided the mechanism for how evolution works. Established the framework for modern classification in system naturae as the means to dis(cid:272)o(cid:448)er the god"s patter to (cid:272)reati(cid:374)g, this (cid:271)asi(cid:272)ally just (cid:272)reated a syste(cid:373) to di(cid:448)ided different species into groups. Noted that species change over time into new species, but his idea of how this happe(cid:374)ed (cid:449)as differe(cid:374)t fro(cid:373) dar(cid:449)i(cid:374)"s. Proposed the inheritance of acquired characteristics the general idea was that the things that are not used by the species are not passed on to offspring. He was the one the proposed that species we see are descendants from previous species. Catastrophism is a belief that the forces from the great catastrophes modeled the features of the earth, these forces are no longer operating today.
