Biology 1201A Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Panmixia, Genotype Frequency, Mendelian Inheritance
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History of evolution1 -2: scientists and their contribution to today"s evolution. Population genetics3-4: genetic variation, hardy-weinberg principle, vocabulary for inheritance, probability rules. Aristotle (384 -322 b. c. e: ladderlike classification of nature great chain of being. Scala natura examines various organisms in natural environments hierarchy of being. Innate objects and living species = fixed characteristics: simple most complex. Natural theology (1700s: all organisms created by god. Species: never change, never become instinct, new species could never arise. Carl von linne (1707-78: ad majorem dei gloriam (for the greater glory of god, linnean system (father of taxonomy, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. Le compte de buffon (1707 88: vestigial structures body parts w/ no apparent function, ex. Jean baptise de lamarck ( 1744- 1829) ***important to development of evolution: metaphysical perfecting principle caused organisms to become better suited for environment. 2 mechanisms: principle of use/disuse, body parts grow in proportion to how much used, unused structures become weaker and shrink.
