[BIOL 3000] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 15 pages long Study Guide!

• School: Auburn University
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIOL 3000
• Professor: Dr.Michael Wooten

Document Summary

Genetics--> study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics. Genetics is vital to almost all studies of life. Heredity-transmission of traits from one generation to the next. Trait-any detectable phenotypic variation of an inherited character. Genome-complete set of genetic information for any organism. ^genetic variation is foundation for evolution=basis of all life. Consistent with concept of acquired characteristics a. k. a lamarkism. Examples: fruit fly, house mouse, and baker"s (cid:455)east. Model genetic organisms-possess characteristics that make them useful for genetic analysis and about which a lot of genetic information can be calculated from. Pangenesis-pieces of information travel from various parts of the body to reproductive organs from which they pass to embryo(incorrect theory) Pangenesis led to the inheritance of acquired characteristics. Inheritance of acquired characteristics-t(cid:396)aits a(cid:272)(cid:395)ui(cid:396)ed a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s lifeti(cid:373)e become incorporated i(cid:374)to that pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s he(cid:396)edita(cid:396)(cid:455) information and will be passed to offspring(incorrect theory)