B15 Genetics + Evolution

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  • B15 Genetics + Evolution
    • 15.1 History of Genetics
      • mid 19th - Mendel cross bred peas + found characteristicwere inherited in clear + predictable patterns, some dominant
        • inheritance of each characeristic is detemined by 'units' that are passed on by descendants
          • early 20th - observed chromosomes + Mendel's 'units' behaved in a similar way. Units discovered as genes
      • gene theory
        • genes code for different proteins
    • 15.2 Theories of Evolution
      • Lamarck - organisms linked by 'fountain of life'
        • 'use it or lose it', if animal uses feature it would grow + develop + passed on
          • unpopular because no evidence, didn't like being descended from worms
      • Darwin's theory - natural selection
        • individual organisms show range of variation
        • reproduction gives more offspring than environment can support - fittest more likely to survive
        • pass on to next generation
    • 15.3 Accepting Darwin's ideas
      • built up evidence with beaks of finches, pigeons + barnacles+ published
      • objection
        • God
        • insufficient evidence
        • genetics not understood
    • 15.4 Evolution + Speciation
      • Wallace - theory of speciation
        • raced with Darwin
        • no longer interbreed to produce fertile offspring
      • new species
        • isolation
        • genetic variation
        • natural selection
        • speciation
    • 15.5 Evidence for Evolution
      • incomplete fossil record
        • still not found
        • right conditions for fossils rare
        • destroyed by geological activity
      • fossilisation
        • doesn't decay because no oxygen present so almost intact
          • rare but can extract DNA
        • harder parts of animal decay + become part of rock replaced by minerals, impression made in mud + fossilised
        • fossil - remains of organism from millions of years ago preserved in rock
    • 15.6 Fossils + Extinction
      • extinction - permanent loss of specie
        • new predators
        • new diseases
        • new mutations
      • learn from fossils how much or little a specie has changed
    • 15.7 More about extinction
      • asteroid impact
        • evidence - KP boundary - unusually sharp lines + large amount of iridium
          • effect - destroyed all wildlife caused by sunlight to be blocked stopping photosynthesis + dispersed aerosol in atmosphere
      • volcanic activity
        • evidence - KP boundary + Deccan traps in India
        • effect - huge fires, earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis + dark
    • 15.8 Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
      • becomes resistant by...
        • antibiotic kills most dangerous bacteria so less competition
        • mutation + reproduce rapidly
      • prevention
        • finish course
        • not to overuse antibiotics
        • restrict agricultural use
      • medicines for future
        • fish slime + crocodile blood
      • MRSA
        • in hospitals
        • stop spread by...
          • high standards of hygiene (hand washing)
          • only used when really needed
          • isolation of patients
    • 15.9-10 Classification
      • Linnaeus - two kingdoms
        • kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
      • Woese - new system, 3 domains 6 kingdoms
        • archea- extremeophile live in extreme conditions
          • arachaebacteria
        • bacteria - new bacteria photosynthesis
          • eubacteria
        • eukaryota - contain a  nucleus
          • protist
          • fungi
          • animal
          • plant

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