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Heredity and Evolution

Maharashtra Board · Class 10 · Science

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Topics in Heredity and Evolution

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1. Heredity and Hereditary Changes

  • Gregor Johann Mendel is the pioneer of modern genetics.
  • Heredity is the transfer of biological characters from one generation to another via genes.
  • In 1901, Hugo de Vries explained sudden changes through the mutational theory.
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2. Transcription, Translation and Translocation

  • DNA stores information for protein synthesis.
  • This is called as Central Dogma.
  • RNA contains uracil instead of thymine found in DNA.
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3. Evolution and Its Meaning

  • Evolution is the gradual change occurring in living organisms over a long duration.
  • Formation of new species due to changes in specific characters of several generations of living organisms as a response to natural selection, is called as evolution.
  • The duration of evolutionary changes is at most 300 crore years.
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4. Evidences of Evolution

  • Morphological evidences are based on similarities in body features.
  • In animals, similarities in mouth structure, eye position, nostrils, ear pinnae and body hair suggest common ancestry.
  • In plants, similarities in leaf shape, venation and petiole suggest common ancestry.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Heredity and evolution explain how traits are passed from one generation to the next and how new species arise over long periods through variation, natural selection, mutation, and isolation.

HeredityHereditary changesDNA and RNATranscription, translation and translocationMutational theoryChromosomes and genetic materialGenetic code and triplet codonEvolution

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