Baylor BIO 1306 test 1
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Descent
ancestry or lineage of organisms that have arisen
from a common ancestor
Modification
changes over time that accumulate in this ancestry
that ultimately results in new species or types of
organisms
descent with modification
long periods of time and an element of random
chance
Evolution
-Change over time
-Darwin defined it as descent with modification
-products can be measured and compared
-acts only on populations
Aristotle
,-viewed species as fixed and arranged them on a
scala naturae
Carolus Linnaeus
-interpreted organismal adaptations as evidence
that the creator had designed each species for a
particular purpose
-founder of taxonomy
-he developed the binomial format for naming
species
Taxonomy
branch of biology concerned with classifying
organisms
What language is used for the binomial format?
-Latin
-It is a dead language meaning it is now universally
understood
Charles Darwin
-challenged the idea of earth being young
-he built on the ideas of others, especially Wallace
-published the origin of species with the phrase
descent with modification
-prompted ideas of artificial selection, speciation
-created an early classification tree of organisms
3 parts of Origin of Species
1. unity of life= relatedness-common ancestry
2. diversity of life= natural selection acting on
heritable traits
, 3. suited to live in envirnoments= adaptation
based on variability
Galapagos Islands
-here Darwin studied the wildlife for five weeks
-observed finches, marine iguanas, and blue-footed
boobys and their behaviors
Study of fossils
-helped to lay the groundwork for Darwin's ideas
-they are the remains or traces of organisms from
the past usually found in sedimentary rock
Malthus
published on essay on the principle of population
that focuses on population growth
Strata
-layers of sedimentary rock
-the deeper the layer, the older the fossil
Darwin vs. Wallace
-Darwin publishes the origin of species one year
after Wallace sends him his hypothesis on natural
selection
-Wallace would be given the credit Darwin has if he
had published his work before him
Paleontology
the study of fossils
Georges Cuvier
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Descent
ancestry or lineage of organisms that have arisen
from a common ancestor
Modification
changes over time that accumulate in this ancestry
that ultimately results in new species or types of
organisms
descent with modification
long periods of time and an element of random
chance
Evolution
-Change over time
-Darwin defined it as descent with modification
-products can be measured and compared
-acts only on populations
Aristotle
,-viewed species as fixed and arranged them on a
scala naturae
Carolus Linnaeus
-interpreted organismal adaptations as evidence
that the creator had designed each species for a
particular purpose
-founder of taxonomy
-he developed the binomial format for naming
species
Taxonomy
branch of biology concerned with classifying
organisms
What language is used for the binomial format?
-Latin
-It is a dead language meaning it is now universally
understood
Charles Darwin
-challenged the idea of earth being young
-he built on the ideas of others, especially Wallace
-published the origin of species with the phrase
descent with modification
-prompted ideas of artificial selection, speciation
-created an early classification tree of organisms
3 parts of Origin of Species
1. unity of life= relatedness-common ancestry
2. diversity of life= natural selection acting on
heritable traits
, 3. suited to live in envirnoments= adaptation
based on variability
Galapagos Islands
-here Darwin studied the wildlife for five weeks
-observed finches, marine iguanas, and blue-footed
boobys and their behaviors
Study of fossils
-helped to lay the groundwork for Darwin's ideas
-they are the remains or traces of organisms from
the past usually found in sedimentary rock
Malthus
published on essay on the principle of population
that focuses on population growth
Strata
-layers of sedimentary rock
-the deeper the layer, the older the fossil
Darwin vs. Wallace
-Darwin publishes the origin of species one year
after Wallace sends him his hypothesis on natural
selection
-Wallace would be given the credit Darwin has if he
had published his work before him
Paleontology
the study of fossils
Georges Cuvier
