BIO 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Peppered Moth, Rhodnius Prolixus, Tiger Beetle

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIO 1130
• Professor: Jon Houseman

Document Summary

How natural science is different from the physical science: Falsification of a theory, universality associated with the physical sciences, but not the natural sciences. A question that needs to be answered. Gather relevant information regarding the question (did someone ask this question before? or did someone notice this before?) Develop a hypothesis based on the information gathered and then test it (proximate cause: direct results that happen due to enzymatic activities or ultimate cause: what is the genetics, or the process underlined) Retest the results under a slightly different circumstance to establish the validity of the question. It may lead to several other questions related to the topic. These may be deeper and complex in the understanding. Rhodnius prolixus: the white wrath of insect physiology. Take a population of this insect and they all take a blood meal. They will take the same size blood meal, which means that their bodies are in perfect synchrony.