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Quantitative character- large number of possible phenotypes that are not easily distinguished


#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology #Polygenic inheritance, heritability and its measurements, QTL Mapping #Part B Pointers
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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Neo-Lamarckism - August Weismann

cut off the tails of mice for many generations and showed that this mutilation had no effect on the tail length of their descendants.
TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Darwin’s evolutionary theory 

Evolution as such is the simple proposition that the characteristics of organisms change over time. 
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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Postulate of Darwin

Geometric increase 

Limited food & Space

Struggle for existence 

Variation 

 Natural selection

Inheritance of useful characters

Speciation
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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Darwin’s evolutionary theory - Common descent
TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Gradualism is Darwin’s proposition that the differences between even radically different organisms have evolved by small steps through intermediate forms, not by leaps
TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Natural selection was Darwin’s brilliant hypothesis, that accounts for adaptations, features that appear “designed” to fit organisms to their environment.