Evolutionary Changes in Population: Introduction to Evolutionary Biology

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What is a population in evolutionary biology?

All individuals of the same species living in the same place (correct)

All individuals of different species living in the same place

All individuals of the same species living at different times

All individuals of different species living globally

How does an individual inherit alleles?

An individual inherits two alleles from both parents

An individual inherits three alleles, one from each parent and an extra

An individual inherits two alleles, one from each parent (correct)

An individual inherits one allele from both parents

What does it mean if an individual is homozygous for a certain allele?

The individual inherited no alleles

The individual inherited one allele from each grandparent

The individual inherited two identical alleles (correct)

The individual inherited two different alleles

Which term refers to the collection of all alleles for all loci present in a population?

Genetic pool Signup and view all the answers

What indicates genetic variation among individuals in a population?

Having different subsets of alleles Signup and view all the answers

How is the evolution of populations best understood?

In terms of genotype, phenotype, and allele frequencies Signup and view all the answers

What does population genetics study?

Genetic variability within a population Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT one of the conditions for the Hardy Weinberg Principle?

Mutation Signup and view all the answers

What does the phenotype frequency represent?

Proportion of a particular phenotype in a population Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important to have a very large population size for the Hardy Weinberg Principle?

To maintain allele and genotypic frequencies from generation to generation Signup and view all the answers

What is the sum of the frequencies of the two alleles A and a in a population?

$1$ Signup and view all the answers

"Calculate the genotype frequency" means to calculate:

The proportion of a particular genotype in the population Signup and view all the answers

Evolutionary Changes in Population: Introduction to Evolutionary Biology

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Questions and Answers

What is a population in evolutionary biology?

How does an individual inherit alleles?

What does it mean if an individual is homozygous for a certain allele?

Which term refers to the collection of all alleles for all loci present in a population?

What indicates genetic variation among individuals in a population?

How is the evolution of populations best understood?

What does population genetics study?

Which of the following is NOT one of the conditions for the Hardy Weinberg Principle?

What does the phenotype frequency represent?

Why is it important to have a very large population size for the Hardy Weinberg Principle?

What is the sum of the frequencies of the two alleles A and a in a population?

"Calculate the genotype frequency" means to calculate:

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