LIFESCI 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 96: Theodosius Dobzhansky, Melanism, Kin Selection
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Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution - theodosius dobzhansky. A theory is a well-supported hypothesis: i. e. Female choice (h) if genes are the units that are passed, they too can be the units of selection: individuals are the best thought if as a unit of selection. : when two brown-eyed parents pass down a recessive allele and produce a blue-eyed child: founder affect: when members of a population create a brand new population in a new area with a certain allele frequency, i. e. : german amish people (mentioned in the book: bottleneck affect: less variation over time, i. e. : california elephant seal (1) in the 1800s, they became a protected species because. California reduced them to 20 (2) they don"t have a lot of genetic variabilities because of these 20 ancestors. They have a limited number of total genes: migration, or gene flow, i. e.
