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    that share similar color patterns‚ in fact it is rare to see individuals with dissimilar color patterns mate. Gouldian finch‚ provide a good example of color morphs mating with their respective ideal mate‚ red with red and black with black. Those finches which may result as a hybrids due to gene flow tend to have lower fitness‚ which can be seen on the Z chromosome.

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    lifestyle of the white community of the town. Differences in social status are explored largely through the overcomplicated social hierarchy of Maycomb‚ the ins and outs of which constantly baffle the children. The relatively well-off Finches stand near the top of Maycomb’s social hierarchy‚ with most of the townspeople beneath them. Ignorant country farmers like the Cunninghams lie below the townspeople‚ and the white trash Ewells rest below the Cunninghams. But the black community in

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    Bio 120: Adaptation & Biodiversity Exam Study Notes (Lectures 12-23) - LECTURE 12: INTRODUCTION TO EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 1. 2. 3. 4. Evolution How it is studied Facts supporting Evolution Biodiversity & adaptation Levels of biological organization: Molecules Æ Cells Æ Organisms Æ Populations Æ Communities Æ Ecosystems Types of questions in evolutionary biology: - Scope: small questions can help towards solving a big question; large questions require multiple lines of evidence

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    great role model: “‘I wanted you to see something about her - I wanted you to see what real courage is’” (Lee 149). Mrs. Dubose’s confidence‚ strength and courage are traits that are important for people to have‚ and she will be remembered by the FInches’‚ along with many others‚ for her

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    a voyage on the Beagle in the southern hemisphere‚ including the east coast of Africa. B. Before Darwin‚ most people believed in divine creation. C. As a naturalist‚ he saw evidence that species may have evolved from a common ancestor‚ like the finches. D. Darwin also saw evidence that the earth is very old. E. He said that natural selection is the mechanism of how organisms adapted to their environment. F. Waited 20 year to publish his book On the Origin of Species. G. Very controversial‚ especially

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    pins for curls and pocket knives‚ to give the pretty girls” (tct line 236). He would use the young girls and also want money and power. The summoner “why‚ he’s allow just for a quart of wine any good lad to keep a concubine” (tct 667) “And he had finches of his own to feather” (tct 670). Thus‚ they wanted power but yet they were hypocrites in their own ministry. The Nun and the Monk weren’t much disturbance to the catholic monastery. For example‚ the nun “at meat her manners were all taught”

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    Over hundreds of thousands of generations‚ ontogenesis‚ structure and process of human nature and personality have been constructed by natural and sexual selection. This revolutionary concept about organic evolution‚ better known as the ‘theory of evolution’ was first introduced in 1859 by English naturalist Charles Darwin. (Maltby‚ Day & Macaskill‚ 2013) He believed that all living beings evolved from simple organisms and have changed throughout periods of time to create many various types of species

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    These seals are the second smallest seal of the otariids‚ the Galápagos fur seal being the smallest. Soon after their discovery they became victim to sealers or seal hunters in the Maritime Fur Trade era‚ and were hunted to near extinction. A small population was rediscovered in the mid-20th century and was protected

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    86)." (To set one’s teeth on edge is to annoy someone or make them feel nervous the way in which Aunt Alexandra tends to annoy Scout) 7) Chapter 10:"He was nearly blind in his left eye‚ and said left eyes were the tribal curse of the Finches (p. 94)." (a family curse or‚ more aptly‚ an affliction shared by members of a family. Apparently‚ many members of the Finch family have had problems with their left eyes.) 8) Chapter 10: "I would fight anyone from a third cousin upwards tooth

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    obtain their knowledge through events and other adults. Scout and Jem are separated by age while Dill is separated through family lie‚ though he returns each summer to Maycomb‚ where he stays with his Aunt Rachel but spends most of his time with the Finches. The lessons learned by the three of them‚ however‚ are all in the first part (chapters 1-11) while they have the chance to put them into practise in the second half. This is one way in which Harper Lee allows the children to develop‚ as her manipulation

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