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Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin. Jinna Pak 9G. About him…. Charles ‘Robert’ Darwin 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882 Shewsbury , Shropshire (Britain ) 5 th of 6 children of wealthy society doctor freethinker English Naturalist Neglected of the medical studies 5year voyage on Beagles. His Works.

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Charles Darwin

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  1. Charles Darwin JinnaPak 9G

  2. About him… • Charles ‘Robert’ Darwin • 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882 • Shewsbury, Shropshire (Britain) • 5th of 6 children of wealthy society doctor • freethinker • English Naturalist • Neglected of the medical studies • 5year voyage on Beagles

  3. His Works • Evolution • Darwin’s sketch in 1837 • First diagram of an evolutionary tree • Currently at The Museum of Natural History in Manhattan • Change in the inherited traits of population of organisms during a period of time • Natural Selection & Mutation • More advantageous individual • Sex and recombination • Genetic variation • Population Genetics • Gene pool • Complete set of alleles in a population • Allele Frequency

  4. His works II. Natural Selection • Favorable heritable traits become common • Darwin’s finches of the Galapagos islands • Shape of the beaks suited to its preferred food • This has evolved by natural selection • Fitness • Particular genotype corresponds to thefitness of that genotype

  5. II. Natural Selection (continued) • Mechanism by which evolution may take place within a given population of organisms • Natural Selection=Artificial Selection • Life cycle of sexual reproduction • Various components • Sexual selection

  6. Impact on Society I. Evolution • good blueprint of how life came to be • medical research in the modern days • Helpful in science • Concept for many religious groups • “Social Darwinism” • Antibiotic resistance genes being used for DNA • Computer science II. Natural Selection • Adam Smith and Karl Marx profound • Social Darwinism • Fitting • Leads on to the next Evolution

  7. bibliography • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_selection • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin • http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AjcAXttyzTTcW3Q.7.Q4XyQjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20081006153410AAaxN8j • http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=At6O_KHL7b_h1gAO8H2yMecjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20071027215020AAXo56 • http://www.aboutdarwin.com/index.html

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