BIOL 1202 : FINAL EXAM Notes
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Evolution: a change in the genetic composition of a population from generation to generation. What is science: the observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena, such activities restricted to a class of natural phenomena. Theory: general explanation of natural phenomena, developed through extensive and reproducible observations: over time, ex. ) Cell theory, theory of evolution by natural selection. Hypothesis: tentative explanation of observations: educated guess . Model organisms: organisms we use to study things that affect humans. Charles darwin"s theory of evolution: became a naturalist on voyage of hms beagle [from england in. He had developed a hypothesis of natural selection nearly identical to darwin"s: they would send messages back and forth. Wallace was about to finish his work so instead of responding, They were all tailored to eat different types of food. Main points of origin of species : 1. These laws, taken in the largest sense, being growth with.
