AGRI 1005 : Study Guide Exam 3 2014 1
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Chapter/unit 6: evolution (responsible for all evolution material, including first lecture) Re-read chapter introduction and ehrlich and ehrlich reading. Be familiar with lee reading and branch and scott reading; re-read moodle articles for main points. Evolution as a theory; hypotheses of branching descent and natural selection; inductive reasoning. Definitions: population, adaptation, reproductive isolating mechanism, fitness, etc. Mutations and the generation of new alleles/phenotypic variation. Examples of natural selection: industrial melanism, insecticide resistance, guppies. Evolution since darwin: synthesis with genetics, other mechanisms. Chapter/unit 7: agriculture (responsible for all material through 11/10) Re-read chapter introduction through the dead zone section. Be familiar with future of chocolate reading and scan first few paragraphs of foley reading.
