Textbook Notes for BIO152H5 at University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

Chapter 15: chromosomal basis of inheritance. Tuesday, december 9, 2014. >> species of fruit fly: drosophila melanogaster. >> reason: single mating wil

Chapter 14: mendel & the genetic idea. Tuesday, december 9, 2014. Mendel chose to work with peas because they are available in many varieties. Characte

Chapter 23: evolution of populations. Tuesday, december 9, 2014. Microevolution: evolution on smallest scale as change in allele frequencies in a popul

Populations and species evolve, meaning that their characteristics change through time. More precisely, evolution is defined as changes in allele frequ

Evolution: the process of change that results in organisms adapting to the environment. Emergent properties: properties that are not present unless spe

Biological science was founded with the development of (1) the cell theory, and (2) the theory of evolution by natural selection. A phylogenetic tree i

Chapter 22: descent with modification- darwinian view of life. Tuesday, december 9, 2014. Evolution can be defined as a descent with modification. Two

After the enzyme rna polymerase binds to a specific site in dna with the help of other proteins, it catalyzes the production of an rna molecule. The ba

Speciation the process by which one species splits into two or more species. Microevolution changes overtime in allele frequencies: mutations, natural

Chapter 13: meiosis & sexual life cycles. Tuesday, december 9, 2014. Genes are coded info in the form of hereditary units. Locus: a gene"s location alo