Biology 1201A Final: Final Exam Notes for Waugh.pdf
11 Apr 2014
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2013-12-04 3:48 pm: an untested idea or opinion; speculation, explanation of a set of natural phenomena based on proven/ testable hypothesis/ observations (restricted correct scientific definition) Aristotle- scala natura: ordered all organisms on a ladder of natural things (by characteristics and each organism hold place on that ladder (scala natura, thought that everything was created through evolution. Carl von linne- linnean system: father of taxonomy, wanted to name everything; linnean nomenclature, thought that everything was created through god (natural theology, classification was based on reproductive structure. Le comte de buffon vestigial traits: discovered some organisms had vestigial traits. Maybe useful to ancestors but no longer relevant. Jean baptiste lamarck evolved species to best-fit environment: species evolve to better fit their environment, vestigial traits maybe no longer useful but used to be of purpose, orthogenesis: principle of use and disuse inheritance of acquired characteristics. Charles darwin evolution by natural selection: evolution by natural selection.
