BIO 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cougar, Mendelian Inheritance, Natural Selection

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

Document Summary

Fossilized artifacts and their placement in the earth"s strata. Provides information on the history and evolution of the earth. Poor or has gaps in it o. Gaps in fossil records: you have one fossil then you have another but they are not the same (transitional fossil) There is a germ of all life. Many diseases are caused by the presence of specific micro-organisms. Superseded existing miasma and contagion theories of disease. Belief that natural laws govern historical events o. This determines how social and culture is formed. Each period of history has its own beliefs not applicable to any other o. Transmutation of species: each individual organism is a species, over time species change. Over time, every single organism was shown as a blob known as infusarium: infusarium will change over time due to environment. Change pases on to next organism o. Physical traits are passed down to young (environmental causing effects)