UCLA LS15 "Wake Up in the Sky" Parody

Fall 2024 Extra Credit Project -
Produced by Gwena Rose Pineda, Lulya Araya, and YiRui (Cherry) Zhai.


Lyrics:

D-N-A (x2)
Geeeeeeneeessss (x2)

We’re LS15.
Let us set the scene.
Phelan taught us how to think
Scientifically

How to form hypotheses!!
Haines 39, Haines 39

Make observations, testable predictions.
Controlled experiments, randomized participants.
Analyze your results!!
Draw conclusions, make revisions.

Back to week 1, evolution was supa fun.
A change in allele frequencies in a population.
There’s natural selection, homie. Three rules got nothin’ on me.
Variation for a trait that’s also heritable for my offspring.
Ooh, differential
Ooh, reproduction
Ooh, that’s successful
Natural selection!

Moving on to genetics, I’ll tell you ‘bout the methods.
Modes of Inheritance got us like, “Wow!”
Why don’t you look just like your parents?
Mendel’s Law of Segregation.
One allele for a gene from both, who knows which one will show? (Dr. Phelan!)
Offspring could pass it down as the family grows!

Let’s take it to Week 3,
Is kindness really real? (Is it?)
Hamilton’s Rule lets a bat share its meals
If r times B
Is greater than c, greater than c.

Shared Genes & Reciprocity
Punish cheaters who ain’t Phelan (feelin’) me.
Reduce perceived costs, say you’ll get fired by your boss.

Increase your inclusive fitness!!
With Reciprocal Altruism
Kin Based Altruism

Time’s running out.
Life sciences (15)
We gotta go.
Life sciences (15)

Dr. Phelan is so flyyyy!!
So are the TAs, they help us achieve A’s.