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Biology 113
Topic: Synthetic Biology vs. Natural selection
Synthetic Biology vs. Natural Selection
Darwin first introduced the idea of evolution in his publication of The Origin of Species, on November 24th, 1859 (Campbell, 2005, p. 438). This opposed many traditional views as it was generally accepted that the beginning inhabitants of the world had no mutations in their genetic composition. His publication had two major points. The first being the modern organisms presently inhibiting the earth, differ from their ancestral species by a process called evolution. The other point he made was that of natural selection, as it is the mechanism for evolution. The organisms inherit traits from ancestors who were able to survive specific environmental conditions, passing these traits on to their offspring.
Darwin’s revolutionary way of thought has led the way to discoveries in the field of evolution, becoming one of the fundamental......
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