BIO 012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Robert Sapolsky, Convergent Evolution, Synapomorphy
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Quizzes every friday; cannot be made up at later date. Inform her of an absence beforehand, especially on test day. Extra credit opportunity is available- write a report on a book written by dr. robert sapolsky. In this course, we will focus on animal form and function, with emphasis on evolutionary trait origin and certain communication systems of the body, including both the endocrine and. Differ from prokaryotes, which do not have nuclei, and which won"t be emphasized in this course. An introduction to phylogenic trees: phylogeny- a hypothesis of evolutionary history and the relatedness of organisms. A phylogenic tree may be drawn in a variety of ways, as long as the branches show the proper evolutionary breaks over time. Nodes: de ning characteristics/traits that cause the tree to break out into different branches. The position of nodes on the time scale are meaningful; the further away from the root, the closer to the present that the trait derived.
