BIO 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Wisdom Tooth, Phenetics, Rock Cycle

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIO 1130
• Professor: Jon Houseman

Document Summary

Cuvier (georges): a french zoologist accredited as the founder of comparative biology, studying the sedimentary rock and coining the term extinction, and also formulated the catastrophic theory. Darwin (erasmus): translated linnaeus into english charles darwin"s grandfather. Zoonomia (laws of organic life) questions the appearance of everything at the same time. Darwin (charles): a british naturalist and geologist, accredited for his work on evolution, summarized by the five theories of evolution. Came from a wealthy family, he abandoned medical school to follow his interest in natural history. He explored the world for over 5 years collecting insects, shells, bones, skins, etc. Darwin would observe the entire population rather than an individual in an area. Five theories: no constancy of species, common ancestory, gradual changes, multiplication of species, natural selection. Descent with modification passing of traits from parent to offspring. It is part of heredity. (the unit of heredity is a gene).