BIOA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nikolaas Tinbergen, Ethology, Seat Belt
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Define/explain the significance of all red terms: ultimate questions: Refers to evolutionary history & adaptive function such as evolutionary forces: evolutionary history, adaptive function, proximate questions: Mechanistic questions: such as what" hormones/neurons/genes are involved . Directly asking the reason why something occurs, what is responsible for , how does it affect the organism . Refers to causation & development such as physiological and environmental factors: causation, development: Side note: evolutionary history & adaptive function + causation & development are all part of: niko tinbergen. Was a dutch ethologist (etho means character/habit) who developed experiments on wasps and other species to test for animal behavior. Innate releasing mechanism famous for his work on imprinting" which is the type of pre-programmed learning in youn animals during a critical period of development. Freshly hatched geese following a living being as their mother": karl von frisch. Showed that bees are sensitive to colour (uv)
