BIOC14H3 Lecture : BIOC14Winter2013 Lecture 1 Notes.docx
9 Feb 2013
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Genes: basic physical unit of inheritance, sequences of dna encoding proteins old definition, locatable region of genomic sequences associated with regulatory regions, transcribed regions, and/or other functional sequence regions such as non-coding rnas (rrna, trna, and snrna) Black people less intelligent 2007 controversy scientist claimed that black people are less intelligent than white people. James watson he also partly discovered the structure of dna: he said that testing showed that black people are genetically less intelligent than white people. Women bad at science by harvard president 2005. Spandrel gould and lewontin (1979: a spandrel is used to hold up the roof (it is like an arch in the shape of a y) the space under the arch is empty and used for artwork. Pinker: numerical ability, bird song: according to chomsky, language is a spandrel but according to pinker it is evolved from other abilities which can be also seen in other organisms.
