Basic Genetics and Selection

The following terminology should be part of your working vocabulary:

You should be able to do the following kinds of things:

1. Describe why scientists build models.
2. Distinguish between observation, inference, hypothesis and theory.
3. Describe Darwin's theory of Natural Selection1 in terms of his "facts" or observations and his deductions.
4. How are the theories of Lamarck and Darwin similar? How are they different?
5. Compare the ideas of Wallace with Darwin's theory of Natural Selection.
6. Describe how the ideas of Lyell contributed to the overall acceptance of the concept of evolution.
7. Describe with diagrams the processes of mitosis and meiosis. You should be able to distinguish between these types of cell division.
8. Identify sources of phenotypic variation within a population that are the result of the mechanism of meiosis.
9. Describe how paradigms are important in understanding our world. How might paradigms limit our view of the world?
10. Describe your own view of what a species is and be able to defend it.
11. Describe directional, stabilizing and disruptive modes of selection.

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