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What does population genetics study?
What does population genetics study?
- The structure of DNA in individuals
- The impact of climate change on ecosystems
- The behavior of individual organisms
- The genetic variation in populations and how it changes over time (correct)
What is a gene pool?
What is a gene pool?
- Alleles shared by individuals in a population (correct)
- The process of gene expression
- The genetic material found in a single organism
- The physical location of genes in a cell
What does the Hardy-Weinberg law explain?
What does the Hardy-Weinberg law explain?
- The impact of genetic mutations
- The distribution of genes in a non-ideal population
- The process of natural selection
- The behavior of alleles and genotypes in an ideal population (correct)
What does the Hardy-Weinberg law predict about allele frequencies in an ideal population?
What does the Hardy-Weinberg law predict about allele frequencies in an ideal population?
What equation represents the Hardy-Weinberg model?
What equation represents the Hardy-Weinberg model?
Which factor causes random changes in allele frequencies through significant fluctuations?
Which factor causes random changes in allele frequencies through significant fluctuations?
What drives allele frequency change through directional, stabilizing, or disruptive selection?
What drives allele frequency change through directional, stabilizing, or disruptive selection?
Which population does the Hardy-Weinberg model apply to?
Which population does the Hardy-Weinberg model apply to?
What alters allele frequencies by calculating the frequency of an allele in the next generation?
What alters allele frequencies by calculating the frequency of an allele in the next generation?
What causes significant fluctuations in allele frequencies due to small population size?
What causes significant fluctuations in allele frequencies due to small population size?
What does nonrandom mating, such as assortative mating, change?
What does nonrandom mating, such as assortative mating, change?
Which type of selection drives allele frequency change towards a specific trait?
Which type of selection drives allele frequency change towards a specific trait?
In which population is the bottleneck effect observed?
In which population is the bottleneck effect observed?
Which genetic concept affects males and females differently for X-linked traits?
Which genetic concept affects males and females differently for X-linked traits?
What does the founder effect cause in a population?
What does the founder effect cause in a population?
What does the equation Pi’ = (1-m)Pi + m(Pm) represent?
What does the equation Pi’ = (1-m)Pi + m(Pm) represent?
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Study Notes
Hardy-Weinberg and Genetic Drift
- Hardy-Weinberg model uses Mendelian principles and simple probability to explain allele and genotype frequencies
- It is represented by p2 + 2pq + q2= 1, where p and q are allele frequencies
- The model applies to populations with two alleles at a locus and more than two alleles, such as the ABO blood group
- Natural selection drives allele frequency change through directional, stabilizing, or disruptive selection
- Migration and gene flow alter allele frequencies, where the frequency of an allele on an island in the next generation is calculated as Pi’ = (1-m)Pi + m(Pm)
- Genetic drift causes random changes in allele frequencies through significant fluctuations, arising due to founder effect or genetic bottleneck
- Example of founder effect is OCA2 in the Navajo tribe, and bottleneck effect is observed in cheetah populations and historically in humans
- Nonrandom mating, such as assortative mating, changes genotype but not allele frequency
- X-linked traits, such as colorblindness, have allele frequencies affecting males and females differently
- Videos are provided for further understanding of natural selection and genetic drift
- Examples are given for solving problems related to allele frequencies and migration
- The text provides equations, examples, and scenarios to understand key genetic concepts
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