Blog Post Module 7

 

  1. From taking this class, I feel that one thing I have personally gained some real breakthroughs from, was through the R exercises. Before coming into this course, I didn’t know a single thing about coding and though I am still nowhere near becoming a pro, I’m proud of how far I’ve come with somewhat knowing how to code. I still have many, many questions when it comes to each individual R exercise, but I’ve learned to utilize the class book more often when I’m in need of help and to ask questions during class. 
  2. While revisiting my original blog post where I defined evolution, I related evolution as adaptions or changes that develop over different periods of generations. I still do believe that evolution is adaptions continuously developing over time, however, it is not the sole factor in which evolution is driven by. I have to acknowledge the other evolutionary mechanisms that effect how evolution changes across generations. Without even knowing, I believe in my original blog I was attempting to describe fitness because I was challenging the idea that “survival of the fitness” was not how one animal was stronger or faster than the other, but how one species can survive long enough to produce offspring. Fitness plays a huge role in evolution as it shows a certain species capacity of survival and reproduction rates that of which ultimately contributes to the gene pool of the generations to come. 
  3. Although I wouldn’t say I’m still struggling with the R exercise coding, I do find myself spending more time figuring out the codes than I should be. Now that we spend more time in class starting the R exercises together, I feel it gives me a good start but for some reason I still find myself confused about making sure I’m putting in the correct codes. 

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