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Monday, 14 March 2022

My Notes on Evolution

 Evolution is a process that results in changes in the genetic material of a population over time Evolution reflects the adaptations of organisms to their changing environments and can result in altered genes, novel traits, and new species.

      See nature.com/SCITABLE


According to video 'evolution is results in the change in the frequencies in a population of certain gene variants over time'

     (this would be very difficult to detect with any degree of statistical certainty, even if multinomial or

 related sampling assumptions are appropriate)

A gene variant is a permanent change in the DNA sequence that makes up a gene. This type of genetic change used to be known as a gene mutation, .

what kinds of gene variants are possible?


          FOUR WAYS HUMANS ARE STILL EVOLVING (VIDEO)


     HARSH CONDITIONS     HEAT (ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS)

       Thryroxine levels different


    ANDES: Exposure to naturally occurring arsenic

                        Population study  AS3MT more likely

                         Pop seemed to evolve better arsenic tolerance (last 11000 years?)

                          Genome study 2016        HEREDITARY

       Heights last 2 or 3000 years


                              


       Alzheimer Study  n=57000. 2017  Frequency of allele dramatically reduced in over 70s

              Statistical tests used         


           Grandmother hypothesis,

        

          



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