BIOL239 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mutual Exclusivity, Starch, Gamete
26 Jan 2018
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A gene is a region of dna that encodes a specific protein or a particular type of rna. Genetic traits are passed onto one generation to the next. Artificial selection: purposeful mating/ genetic selection; domesticated plants and animals them and humans wanted wolves to accompany them to herd, guard, hunt, guide them. (15000 years ago; other domesticated animals came about 5000 years later) There are breeds of dogs, not species and each breed has its own purpose. Wolves domesticated themselves; it was mutual: they wanted humans to accompany. Chi wawa: to chew, bite, kill little mice n shit. Dogs and wolves are not the same species: dogs canis familiaris (cid:1005)95(cid:1004)"s bal(cid:455)ae(cid:448): the fo(cid:454) proje(cid:272)t (cid:449)orked. Wolves canis lupus (prof. lupus from hp) He was looking for the nature vs. nurture answer. His goal was to make foxes easier to handle and he was interested in the geneticist perspective. Therefore, you can train animals but their genetic predisposition is very strong.
