[PSY355H5] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (24 pages long!)
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If animal does not behave properly then genes not passed on, thus genes must be able to impact behaviour there is a link o. Behaviors are under very strong selection pressures reproductive success being one major one o. One argument against genetics is that many diseases are purely environment like chemicals, pathogen, uv, especially alzheimer"s: without genetics we would not be able to see mechanisms underlying. Alzheimer"s- so it is a tool very powerful that lets us explore things. Sometimes other methods may be easier like pharmacology, chemicals. Darwin did not know genetics, it did not exist, so the knowledge about o o inheritance was just being born so darwin"s book on evolution but his theory makes no sense without genetics o. Then mendel published his finding a few yrs. later but no communication and geologically isolated, he worked with discrete characteristics like color o.