BIOL 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Peptide, Chromosome

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Biological Sciences
• Course: BIOL 1020
• Professor: Joy E.Stacey

Document Summary

What is a gene: the idea of the gene itself if a unifying concept of life: A region of speci c nucleotide sequence in a chromosome. Overview: endless forms most beautiful: a new era of biology began in 1859 when charles darwin published the origin of. Ideas about changes over time: the study of fossils helped to lay the groundwork of darwin"s ideas, fossils are remains or traces of organisms from the past, usually found in sedimentary rock, which appears in layers or strata. Lamarck"s hypothesis of evolution: lamarck hypothesized that species evolve through use and disuse of body parts and the inheritance of acquired characteristics, the mechanisms he proposed are un supported by evidence. Darwin"s research: charles darwin had a consuming interest in nature, darwin rst studied medicine (unsuccessfully), and then theology at cambridge. University: after graduating, he took an unpaid position as naturalist for 5 years to a voyage. Galapagos islands near the equator west of south america.