Exercise C. Is scientific ability a heritable trait? The pedigree of Charles Darwin's family is shown below. Use it to answer the following questions: Q16. Do you think that scientific ability is genetically determined? Give reasons (not only from the pedigree of Darwin's family) to support your answer. Q17. What factors may have contributed to the apparent lack of women with marked scientific ability in Darwin's family? Marked scientific ability I2 Josiah Wedgewood β potter (1730) I4 Erazmus Darwin β physician (1731) II3 Robert Darwin β physician (1766) III3 Charles Darwin β biologist (1804) III6 Francis Galton β geneticist (1822) III7 Douglas Galton β engineer (1822) IV5 George Darwin β astronomer (1845) IV7 Francis Darwin β botanist (1848) IV9 Horace Darwin β scientific instrument maker (1851) V2 Charles Darwin β physicist (1887)
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