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What is gene flow?
What is gene flow?
Alleles move between populations.
What is an example of gene flow?
What is an example of gene flow?
Migration.
What is genetic drift?
What is genetic drift?
Allele frequencies in a population change as a random result of random events or chance.
What is an example of genetic drift?
What is an example of genetic drift?
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What is the founder effect?
What is the founder effect?
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What is an example of the founder effect?
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What is the bottleneck effect?
What is the bottleneck effect?
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What is an example of the bottleneck effect?
What is an example of the bottleneck effect?
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What is mutation?
What is mutation?
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What is non-random mating?
What is non-random mating?
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What is an example of non-random mating?
What is an example of non-random mating?
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What is sexual dimorphism?
What is sexual dimorphism?
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What is an example of sexual dimorphism?
What is an example of sexual dimorphism?
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What is sexual selection?
What is sexual selection?
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What is an example of sexual selection?
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What is stabilizing selection?
What is stabilizing selection?
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What is an example of stabilizing selection?
What is an example of stabilizing selection?
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What is disruptive selection?
What is disruptive selection?
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What is an example of disruptive selection?
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What is directional selection?
What is directional selection?
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What is an example of directional selection?
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What is the frequency of heterozygous?
What is the frequency of heterozygous?
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What is the frequency of homozygous dominant?
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Study Notes
Gene Flow
- Refers to the movement of alleles between populations, often through migration.
Genetic Drift
- Involves random changes in allele frequencies within a population, leading to shifts that are not due to natural selection.
Example of Genetic Drift
- A scenario where a random event, such as a man stepping on beetles, disproportionately affects the survival of one color (e.g., green beetles), resulting in changed population dynamics.
Founder Effect
- Occurs when a small group breaks away from a larger population to establish a new, isolated community, leading to a new allele frequency that may differ significantly from the original population.
Example of Founder Effect
- Northern elephant seals exhibit reduced genetic variation after a severe population decline due to hunting, contrasting with the more genetically diverse Southern elephant seals.
Bottleneck Effect
- Describes a drastic reduction in a population's genetic diversity resulting from a significant drop in population size.
Example of Bottleneck Effect
- The Afrikaner population in South Africa shows a high incidence of Huntington's Disease due to the founder effect from its original settlers, who carried the gene at a higher frequency.
Mutation
- Mutations serve as the raw material for evolution by altering genes that influence phenotypes, which are subject to natural selection.
Non-random Mating
- Occurs when certain individuals have a higher likelihood of mating, leading to selected reproductive pairings rather than random selection.
Example of Non-random Mating
- All mating behaviors globally exhibit non-random patterns, as individuals generally choose mates based on specific criteria rather than randomly pairing.
Sexual Dimorphism
- Refers to any physical differences between male and female members of a species.
Example of Sexual Dimorphism
- In many mammals, males are larger than females, whereas in some spiders, females are the larger sex.
Sexual Selection
- Involves the differential reproduction that occurs when individuals vary in their success at finding mates due to certain traits.
Example of Sexual Selection
- Brightly colored flowers attract more pollinators, leading to increased reproduction and retention of these color traits in the plant population.
Stabilizing Selection
- A process that favors intermediate phenotypes and selects against extreme variations.
Example of Stabilizing Selection
- In humans, optimal birth weight reflects stabilizing selection, as both very low and very high weights pose risks to infant and maternal health.
Disruptive Selection
- Favors extreme phenotypes at both ends of the spectrum while selecting against intermediate traits.
Example of Disruptive Selection
- London’s peppered moths show a color variation where dark moths thrive in industrial areas while light moths dominate in rural settings, highlighting the survival advantage based on environmental adaptation.
Directional Selection
- Involves consistent selection for one extreme phenotype over time.
Example of Directional Selection
- Long necks in giraffes are a classic illustration of directional selection, as height provides advantages in feeding.
Hardy-Weinberg Equations
- Frequency of heterozygotes is calculated as pq.
- Frequency of homozygous dominant individuals is represented by p².
- Frequency of homozygous recessive individuals is calculated as q².
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