ANT 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Strepsirrhini, Mesozoic, Pisum
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Influenced by sir charles lyell (the father of geology) Voyage to south america aboard the beagle (position: naturalist) (1831-1836) Wrote "on the origin of species" in 1858. The processes that shaped the earth back then are the same processes that shape the earth today (the present is the key to the past) Reaches a similar conclusion to darwin on natural selection. Wrote joint paper to london"s linnaean society in 1858. Mendelian genetics studies the ways in which chromosomes transmit genes across the generations. Mendelian traits found in humans: widows peak, attached earlobe. Population genetics investigates natural selection and other causes of genetic variation, stability, and change in breeding populations. 1866 published proceedings of the natural history society of brunn. Pairing: can carry two alleles for one trait. Dominant vs recessive: not all genes are express but still exist. Phenotype vs genotype: visible in the organism vs. present but not observable.
