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Natural Selection Directions: Answer the following questions/prompts about this week’s lesson in short essay format (1-2 paragraphs), 300 word minimum. All answers should be your own work and in your own words.Briefly describe Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection. What was Gregory Mendel’s contribution to the fields of genetics and evolutionary theory? How does what we know today about genes fit into Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection? The concept of ‘designer babies,’ where the DNA of an embryo is manipulated in order to produce an offspring with particular characteristics, has long been a controversial one. Using what you have learned about evolution and genetics, do you think that this (hypothetical) practice will be harmful or helpful to the continued survival of the human species? Answer Preview……………According to the Darwin theory of natural selection, the environment determines which animal species survive the harsh conditions enough to pass their strength qualities to the consequent generations. Animal specie

s with qualities less adapted to cold conditions would be incapable of surviving possible changes in temperature towards a cooler environment. Consequently, the natural selection process would lead to the death of the less adaptive species, since the offspring would be incapable of surviving such conditions. On the contrary, the species with the more adaptable features would transfer the trait to the consequent generation such that several generations later, only the adaptable species would exist with the other one having gone extinct. However, the theory of natural selection was incomplete without a complete understanding of the genetic aspect of differences in characteristics across various generations. Focusing his research on different plants with distinct characteristics, Gregor Mendel helped develop the concept of alleles in the genetic makeup. According to his discovery, the male and female parties in the reproductive process each contributes a single allele to the consequent……..APA 320 words
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