BIO 1130 Lecture Notes - Puijila, Catastrophe Theory, Biogeography

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

Document Summary

Artificial selection ( charles darwin) frequency in next generations. Selective breeding of animals or plants to ensure that certain traits are apparent at higher. Douglas adams wrote about the four ages of sand. Silica sand is melted to make glass, which is used in the above four terms. Anatomical structures of unrelated organisms which function similarly but don"t share. The structures/traits at first were different but than later evolved to preform the same function common ancestor ( similar living conditions) A scientific name with a rank of species , with two terms: a generic name and a specific name. He observed that in different parts of the world (even though they had similar conditions) they were inhibited by distinct kinds of plants and animals, organisms change based on environment. Climate and species are prone to change. The theory that earth has been affected by sudden, violent events that were worldwide in scope.