Part one of term paper
Darwin suggested that animals that live are the animals that mate, therefore pass on certain traits. Modern genetics say that breeding animals pass on certain chromosomes attached to certain traits, which give offspring certain qualities. Darwin’s theory and modern genetics are very similar and actually evolved unknowingly close to each o ...

Part two of term paper
... resources are limited.” Fourth, “Individuals of a population vary extensively in their characteristics; no two individuals are exactly alike.” And last, “Much of this variation is heritable.” This process of eliminating certain parts of a population is natural selection. Studies were being done during Darwin’s findings that indicated there was a “gene” associated with certain characteristics. Mendel’s pea plants proved there was a way of artificially creating trends in color o ...