BIOL 123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Lamivudine, Selective Breeding, Drug Resistance
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Descent with modification: a darwinian view of life. What is evolution & adaptation? survive in specific environments. Bodies of living organisms are modified through the use or disuse of. Accumulation of inherited characteristics that enhance organisms" ability to. Change over time of the genetic composition of a population. Descent of modern organisms with modification from preexisting. Charles darwin & alfred russel wallace developed the theory independently. The unequal survival & reproduction of organisms due to environmental forces, Process selects from what is available in the gene pool. New characteristics are not created on demand. Darwin described four observations of nature from which he drew two inferences. This idea turned out to be wrong. Wallace naturalist in indonesia resulting in the preservation of favorable adaptations. Observation #1: members of a population often vary greatly in their traits. Observation #2: traits are inherited from parents to offspring. Observation #3: all species are capable of producing more offspring than their.
