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CBSE Class 10 Biology Heredity & Evolution Notes
CBSE Class 10 Biology Heredity & Evolution Notes
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Class X: Biology
Chapter 9: Heredity and Evolution
Chapter Notes
Key learning:
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Humans have 22 pairs of autosomes and one pair of sex
chromosomes.
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Females have similar sex chromosomes XX, whereas males have an
imperfect pair i.e. XY. All eggs carry X chromosome.
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The sex of the child depends on whether the egg fuses with the sperm
carrying X chromosome (resulting in a girl) or with the sperm carrying Y
chromosome (resulting in a boy).
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Variations beneficial to a species have a greater chance of flourishing
in the species than the harmful or neutral variations.
23)
Genetic drift can alter gene frequencies in small population and
provide diversity without any survival benefits.
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Several factors like environment, mutations, reproduction etc can
cause alterations in gene frequencies in a population over generations,
leading to evolution.
25)
Changes occurring in the DNA of germ cells are heritable whereas
changes taking place in the non-reproductive tissues are not inherited.
26)
Charles Darwin proposed that evolution of species occurred by natural
selection, but he did not know the underlying mechanism.
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Natural selection, genetic drift, variations and geographical isolation
can lead to speciation in sexually reproducing organisms.
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As we go back in time to trace common ancestors, we find that all
organisms must have arisen and radiated from a single species, which in turn
originated from non-living material. Thus life arose from non-living matter.
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Study of homologous organs, e.g. hand of man and wing of bird, helps
in tracing the evolutionary relationship between different species.
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Analogous organs, e.g. wing of insect and wing of bird, do not have
common origins, but arose in different species to fulfill similar functions.
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The age of fossils can be determined by using the relative method or
the isotope dating method.
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Evolution is not a one-step process, but a continuous process occurring
in several stages.
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Complex organs are formed slowly over many generations, sometimes
with intermediate forms playing an important role.
38)
Sometimes the use of certain features gets modified with time. For
example- Feathers may have provided insulation initially, but later became
associated with flight.
39)
Evolutionary studies have shown that birds are closely related to
reptiles.
40)
Humans have carried out artificial selection for various features of
cabbage and produced different vegetables.
Vegetable produced Selected feature
Broccoli
Sterile flowers
Swollen parts
Larger leaves
41)
Molecular phylogeny can also be used to trace evolutionary
relationships. Here the DNA of different species is compared. Greater the
differences in DNA, more distantly related are the species.
42)
Disappearance of the existing species is not a requirement for
formation of new species.
43)
The new species formed are better adapted to the environment, but
they need not be superior to the existing species.
44)
The common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees evolved in different
ways to produce the present forms.
45)
Evolution produces more diverse and complex body forms over time,
but the newly formed species are not more progressive than the already
existing ones. So it is wrong to say that evolution produces progressive
higher forms from lower ones.
46)
All human beings, whether fair skinned or dark skinned, belong to the
same species i.e. Homo sapiens that originated in Africa.
47)
The human ancestors gradually migrated from Africa to various parts
of the world like Asia, Europe, Australia and America. Thus they spread to
different parts of the Earth and adapted as best as they could to their
environmental conditions.
Top Definitions
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Recessive trait A genetic trait that is expressed only when two copies of the
gene are present.
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Allele Either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can
occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the
same character.
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Somatic cells- All cells forming the body of an organism, except the
reproductive cells.
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Diploid cell Cell having two sets of chromosomes, one of paternal origin,
the other maternal.
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TT
tt ........................... Parents
t ............................ Gametes
Tt
. F1
(Hybrid tall)
Tt
Tt ........................................... Selfing.
T
T TT (Pure tall)
Tt (Hybrid tall)
t Tt (Hybrid tall)
............................................................................... F2
So the ratio of plants in F2 generation is 3(tall) : 1(short)
Inheritance of a trait (e.g. height) over two generations
Ry
rY ....................... Gametes
RrYy
(Round yellow)
.. F1
(The gametes obtained by selfing the plants of F1 are: RY, Ry, rY, ry)
On selfing the F1 plants,
Male
Female
RY
Ry
rY
ry
RY
RRYY
(Round
yellow
seeds)
RRYy
(Round
yellow
seeds)
Ry
RRYy
(Round
yellow
seeds)
RRyy
(Round
green
seeds)
RrYY
RrYy
(Round
yellow
seeds)
(Round
yellow
seeds)
RrYy
Rryy
(Round
yellow
seeds)
(Round
green
seeds)
rY
ry
rrYY
rrYy
(Wrinkled
(Wrinkled
yellow seeds) yellow seeds)
rryy
(Wrinkled
(Wrinkled
yellow seeds) green seeds)
rrYy
. F2
So the ratio of plants in F2 generation is 9 (Round yellow seeds) : 3 (Round green
seeds) : 3(Wrinkled yellow seeds): 1 (Wrinkled green seeds)
Independent inheritance of two separate traits, shape and colour of seeds
Homologous organs
Eye-spots of Planaria