SOCL 2505 Chapter : Chapter 11 Pt 2
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Jean-baptiste lamarck: theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics, continued use of an organ leads to an increase in its size and functional, organism has needs in order to survive. In the past, there were a series of sudden, violent geological and climatic changes that led to the extinction of animals in the affected region. After the cataclysm subsided, the region was repopulated by animals from neighboring areas that were similar in appearance but not identical to the extinct animals. 1: charles darwin, theory of natural selection- to explain transformation of a species over time, observations on galapagos islands, 13 species of finches. Organisms with the favorable variations will survive and produce more offspring. Over time, there will be an increase in frequency of the favorable traits in the population: gregor mendel, publish his paper on inheritance in 1866**, self-fertilized to he had pure stings, seed texture: round, wrinkled. In the production of sex, that pair of genes is separated.
