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What is the differential reproduction success of individuals known as?

  • Gene flow
  • Genetic drift
  • Natural selection (correct)
  • Mutation

What is the sum of all the alleles in a population known as?

  • Genetic variation
  • Phenotype
  • Gene pool (correct)
  • Genotype

Which effect refers to a population suddenly shrinking due to random chance?

  • Gene flow
  • Artificial selection
  • Founder effect
  • Bottleneck effect (correct)

What is the struggle between individuals of one sex for the possession of the other sex known as?

<p>Sexual selection (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does stabilizing selection do to a population?

<p>Preserves the average phenotype (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does disruptive selection favor?

<p>Extreme phenotypes (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium show?

<p>Allele frequency remains constant (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the physical expression of a gene known as?

<p>Phenotype (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does gene flow change in a population?

<p>Allele frequencies (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the founder effect result from?

<p>Geographic isolation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the unit of heredity known as?

<p>Gene (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do most mutations result in?

<p>Neutral effects (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the sum of all the alleles in a population known as?

<p>Gene pool (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the differential reproduction success of individuals known as?

<p>Natural selection (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does disruptive selection favor?

<p>Extreme phenotypes (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium show?

<p>Evolution is not occurring (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the physical expression of a gene known as?

<p>Phenotype (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does gene flow change in a population?

<p>Allele frequencies (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does stabilizing selection do to a population?

<p>Preserves the average phenotype (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the unit of heredity known as?

<p>Gene (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does genetic drift favor in small populations?

<p>Extreme phenotypes (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the struggle between individuals of one sex for the possession of the other sex known as?

<p>Sexual selection (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does artificial selection involve?

<p>Human intervention (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the struggle between individuals of one sex for the possession of the other sex known as?

<p>Sexual selection (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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