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Exam 7
Chapters 18, 19, and 20
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
07/03/2012

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Evolution is...
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CHANGE OVER TIME
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LaMarck and Darwin...
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both published BEFORE Darwin therefore had NO knowledge of DNA, genes, chromosomes, etc.
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Jean Baptiste LaMarck
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Inheritance of ACQUIRED characteristics. Said Evolution was the result of NEED. SPONTANEOUS GENERATION...LIFE FROM NON LIFE
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LaMarck proposed that...
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organisms:

evolve by natural phenomena not divine intervention.

could pass ACQUIRED TRAIT to offspring.

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LaMarck's greatest fallacy?
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the lack of testable

 HYPOTHESIS!!!

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Darwin's Theory of Evolution

 

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found similarities between organisms on Galapogos Islands and South American Mainland
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Darwin's Theory of Evolution is based on:
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observations he made during the voyage of the HMS Beagle.
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Charles Darwin:
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All organisms have the potential for OVER-POPULATION, but most remain relatively constant
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According to Charles Darwin there is:

 

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 a struggle for exsistence

Variation among individuals

Survival of the fittest by natural selection

Inheritance of acquire characteristics

Speciation

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Darwin DID NOT SAY:

 

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individuals that survive natural selection were superior to others just better adapted to their environment.

 

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