Chapter 1, Problem 8RQ

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The factors did Redi control for in his open jar of meat, and also to determine what factors did Andersson control for.

Concept introduction:

Redi hypothesizes that “spontaneous generation does not occur; one piece of meat is kept in an open jar, with a piece of meat which was kept in a sealed jar, in similar conditions. Maggot occurred only in open jar meat”.

Anderson hypothesized that “female widowbirds like to mate with widow bird with a long tail than the male widow bird with a short tail”.