14. Final Reflection


First Semester Over.....

Throughout the semester my perception of evolution did a 360. Sure I knew about Darwin and natural selection prior to taking this course as those are the bare minimum we are taught in other courses when covering evolution. I have never known about speciation, which to me was one of the most interesting parts of evolution. As for my perception of the process of science, it has deepened. I feel as though from this class I have gained a whole new dimension of science, a whole new level on the game of life if you will. From this class, I am taking with me a whole new perception of the world. I had never thought too much as to why or how different breeds of for example dogs came to be. As a dog lover, learning about mutations and genetic diversity was eye-opening showing us how certain breeds came to be. Also, in light of what is going on in the world seeing how COVID came about and how certain things affected the outcome we saw. Diving into this course I was most worried about the R exercises, and sure Michi, John, and Libby all said we would be fine but we all had our doubts. I never, ever thought I would learn how to code, but here I am. 


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