BIOLOGY 1M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Hydralazine, Melanin, Phenotype

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIOLOGY 1M03
• Professor: Ben Bolker

Document Summary

Alcoholism (alcohol dependence): environment related (no alcohol = no alcoholism); there is a genetic component to alcohol dependence. Skin color: darwin thought skin color evolved through sexual selection (dark skin is more likely to mate with dark skin); there"s more dark skin people in places with more uv rays, because melanin protects against uv. Race: race is a social, not scientific, construct: bidil: drug was only measured on black people because it seemed to work on them more. Human evolution: genes code for behavior that changes the environment.