Offspring

developed over generations. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was a French biologist (1744 – 1829) who created his theory based on Lamarckism, which is his idea when an organism can pass on characteristic that has been developed over time during its life to its offspring. Lamarck used the evolution of the giraffe to reinforce his idea. A trait was gained through their lifetime, which allowed them to adapt to the environment and pass onto future generations. Traits which weren’t necessary lessen in future.…

Drosophila melanogaster the concept to understanding genetic inheritances from Parental to Offspring Lab Three: Genetic Experiments with Drosophila Arizona State University Kira James Professor Hoffman LSC 348: Fundamental of Genetics Lab Monday 27 October 2014 Abstract Drosophila melanogaster is a small, common fly found near upripe and rotted fruit. It is one of the most valuable organisms in genetics research since they are practical, small and have a short life cycle of about two weeks…

Jacob, T., Waterman, B., Heath, A., True, W., Bucholz, K. K., Haber, R., . . . Fu, Q. (2003) support the hypothesis that family environmental effects do make a difference in accounting for offspring outcomes, in particular that a low risk environment can moderate the impact of high genetic risk regarding offspring for the development of alcohol-use disorders. The study consisted of 732 pairs of twins, their children, and the children’s mothers, all which completed a computer- assisted telephone…

While reading this article, I knew the Nazis were a group of scientist, but for them to experiment on humans to find a perfect human offspring, it is just pure evil the way they handle their experiment. I just did not realized that the concept of having the “the white, blonde hair, and blue eyes human” were actually created by the United States. The idea came mostly in California and it…

The idea of an offspring showing differences from their parents deals with the concept of descent with modification through natural selection. The concept of evolution through natural selection was first conceived by Charles Darwin and is used to explain how and why populations of species change over time (Laboratory Exercise 4 2015). Darwin’s theory was based on three conditions that are necessary and sufficient for natural selection. There must be variation in a trait in a population, the…

The results indicated that social assertiveness expectancies moderated in relationship between paternal alcoholism and drinking behavior. The offspring of alcoholic fathers with high expectancies for increased social assertiveness were at risk for problematic drinking in males (McCauley Ohannessian & Hessell, 2004). Child will resort to heavy drinking because their father’s were heavy drinkers and…

have a special bond to their offspring unlike many other animals as human children have a long juvenile period. This bond sometimes results in the undying love and commitment from parents to their offspring, which is what I believe is being demonstrated in this song. The lyrics in the song “In My Life” also point…

Elephants are the largest land animals in the world that are strong and gentle. Thousands of years ago, large like animals called American mastodons and woolly mammoths roamed the Earth. These ancient relatives of the elephants are now extinct. Between 26 and 12 million years ago there were about 350 distinct species of elephants now only two species remain. Those two species are African (Loxodonta africana) and Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus). (Allen, W. R. Philosophical Transactions of the…

Although there are many extinct animals, the Great Auk is an extraordinary animal. The Great Auk also had many variations in their egg’s, the streaks in their egg’s allowed the mating pair to recognize their egg at their breeding colony so they could determine the egg belonged to them. The Great Auk’s scientific name is also Pinguinus Impennis(“Great Auk”). The Great Auk’s habitat and geography. The Great Auk’s nesting colonies were settled upon rocky islands with sloping shorelines that…

the needs of the organism, and these traits could then be passed on to the offspring of the organism. For example, according to Lamarckism, a giraffe has a long neck because initially, the giraffe wished for a long neck in order to feed on tall plants, and over the course of the giraffe’s life, its neck progressively lengthened as a result. This “change” would then be passed onto the giraffe’s offspring, and the offspring would continue where their parent(s) left off until they had long enough…