10 scientists Flashcards
Darwin
Species evolve overtime, thro natural selection, species adapt to their environment.
wrote a book, studied finches, tortoises in galapagos
Mendel
Father of genetics, Laws of inheritance, dominance recessive, Law of segregation, independent assortment
showed how traits are passed down, important for natural selection
lamarck
Theory of inheritance and acquired characteristics, Published series of books, fame after death, stated that increased use of a characteristic would cause it to improve and pass it on
Wallace
Father of biogeography, fittest survive and reproduce and pass on traits, worked with darwin on NS, concluded that this drives evoloution
Linneas
Binomal nomenclature system naming system , Taxonomy,
Weinburg
Created equilibrium, 5 criteria and allele consistency when no changes, studies allele and genotypes in pops
Mayr
Introduced biological species concept, wrote systematics and the origins of species (darwin), moved away from morphology, members of species only reproduce among themself, redefined species
Lyell
Principle of geology
Uniformitarianism, states process were current geological features were created were slow constant and steady
Al jahiz
First muslim biologist to dev theory on evoloution, concluded that animals environmental conditions affected their evoloution and differed them from one another. environments affects on animals survival.