1. What do you think S. Carroll means by, “We are clearly more comfortable with DNA’s applications than with its implications”? Explain.
Chapter 1 - Introductions: The Bloodless Fish of the Bouvet Islands
1. Describe several specific adaptations to the arctic ecosystem shown by the icefish?
2. Explain how icefish have evolved unusual adaptations through the process of variation, selection, and time.
3. How do DNA and other molecular data reveal evidence of evolution?Chapter 2 - The Everyday Math of Evolution: Chance, Selection, and Time
1. How did Darwin use selective breeding to develop his theory? What was he ignorant about when developing his ideas with peers like Huxley?
2. Describe several ways in which mathematics is used as a tool to explain evolution.
3. Explain how rock pocket mice evolve around ancient lava flows in the Southwestern U.S. through the process of variation, selection, and time.
Chapter 3 - Immortal Genes: Running in Place for Eons
1. Explain how some DNA is coding and some is non-coding? What is the significance of of each type of DNA?
2. Why do you suppose some genes are “immortal” while others become “fossils”?
3. What does DNA reveal the evolutionary relationships of eukaryotes and the different types of prokaryotes?
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