BIOL 1001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Lake Malawi, Medicinal Plants, Archaea
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Topic list for the final exam that will be ~ 50 questions. Chapter 14: the unifying theme of biology. Evolution by natural selection: contributors to evolutionary thinking (cuvier, darwin, lyell, lamarck, Comte: early scientist who thought life evolved, creation produced a certain number if species that have changed over time. Cuvier: fossils, catastrophism: lots of catastrophes produce layers of rock. Lyell: uniformitarianism- forces that created layers of rock are still present today, based on what happens today is how things happened back then so we can study based on what is happening today. Lamarck: traits were passed down from parents. Acquired traits that come from use or disuse of body parts could be passed down. (wrong about the acquired traits) Darwin: father of evolution, wrote origin of species : theory of evolution- four postulates about populations. Individuals in a population differ from one another mutations. Some differ due to inherited traits (acquired or passed down)
