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Theories of Inheritance Chapter 7 Key Concepts Neither Darwin nor Wallace knew how variation could be produced in Nature What do we attribute this to now The accepted theories of inheritance were the . 7 Ea st i ly Sm oo St cM St St Hw t ua Hw Wi nn lie tt Hi ck lb ss aw rr a ch dt rt Ross Smi th Av Henr y Wr igley Dr McMillans Rd McMillans Rd Va nderlin Dr Tr ower Rd Buchanan Tc Str eet Legend 1 W aters St 2 Chapman Rd 3 Rossiter St 4 Pandanus St Bud eater. Seed eaters. Cactus. eater. Warbler. finch. Tree finches. Ground finches. Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. Chapter 15. Charles Darwin. Proposed a way . how. evolution works. How. did creatures change over time?. How are these iguanas similar? . How are they different?. Do you think they are related? (Do they share a common ancestor?). Darwin’s Voyage. EQ: How did Darwin explain the differences between species on the Galapagos Islands and mainland South America?. . Traits. Detached Earlobes . Tongue rolling. Dimples. Cleft Chin. Cross Left thumb over right. See Colours Red and Green. Straight Hair Line . vs. Widows Peak. Key Terms. Selective breeding. Artificial breeding. Stephen Jay Gould. Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002). an American . paleontologist. , . evolutionary biologist. and . historian of science. . He was also one of the most influential and widely read writers of . Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury in 1809 and he died in London in 1882.. He very nearly didn’t go on his voyage on the Beagle, because his father tried to stop him. . During the voyage Darwin started his theory of evolution, which made him famous. . . Mendel and His Pea Plants. Gregor. Mendel. Austrian. Recommended to enter an abbey by his physics teacher. Becoming a friar allowed Mendel to continue his studies in various science fields without having to pay for it. QOD . 1/23/13- TRUE OR FALSE? . Girls . inherit more traits from their mother than their father. You . have inherited traits that are not apparent. Color . blindness is more common in males than females. Brain Warm Up. What different ways do these animals use to move about?. What traits does each animal have that help it move about as it does?. 15-1 The Puzzle of Life’s Diversity. Humans share the earth with millions of other kinds of organisms of every imaginable shape, size, and habitat.. 1800’s. by an . Austrian botanist monk . named . Gregor. Mendel. . Because his work laid the foundation to the study of heredity, . Mendel is referred to as “The Father of Genetics.”. Mendel’ Pea Plants. of Discovery. THINK ABOUT IT . If you’d met young Charles Darwin, you probably wouldn’t have guessed that his ideas would change the way we look at the world. As a boy, Darwin wasn’t a star student. . His Case. THINK ABOUT IT . Darwin wrote up a complete draft of his ideas about natural selection, but he put the work aside and didn’t publish it for another 20 years. . Darwin knew that his own theory was just as radical as Lamarck’s, so he wanted to gather as much evidence as he could to support his ideas before he made them public.. (And why was his work so important?). Gregor. Mendel. Gregor. Mendel was a monk who lived in the 1800s. Mendel’s Mind Wandered…. Mendel wondered how the same species of plants could have different characteristics. Course Objectives. Describe the importance of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Charles Darwin, Alfred Wallace, Charles Lyell, Stephen Jay Gould, to the development of evolutionary theory.. Describe five ways that fossils can form including amber, tar pits, petrification, sedimentary rocks, and ice..