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What is the primary requirement for evolution to occur?
What is the primary requirement for evolution to occur?
- High mutation rates
- Variation in environmental influences
- Genetic variation among individuals (correct)
- Gene duplication events
What is the result of natural selection?
What is the result of natural selection?
- Gene duplication
- Adaptive evolution (correct)
- Increased genetic variation
- Random changes in allele frequencies
What is the purpose of the Hardy-Weinberg equation?
What is the purpose of the Hardy-Weinberg equation?
- To calculate allele frequencies
- To determine the mutation rate
- To test whether a population is evolving (correct)
- To predict gene duplication events
What is the effect of gene duplication on genetic variation?
What is the effect of gene duplication on genetic variation?
What is the sum of allele frequencies in a population?
What is the sum of allele frequencies in a population?
What is the condition for a population to be considered non-evolving?
What is the condition for a population to be considered non-evolving?
What is the primary assumption of the Hardy-Weinberg Principle?
What is the primary assumption of the Hardy-Weinberg Principle?
What is the effect of genetic drift on genetic variation?
What is the effect of genetic drift on genetic variation?
Which of the following is an example of natural selection?
Which of the following is an example of natural selection?
What is the percentage of carriers for PKU in the population, given that 1/10,000 babies in the US have the disease?
What is the percentage of carriers for PKU in the population, given that 1/10,000 babies in the US have the disease?
What is the name of the phenomenon where a small group of individuals establishes a new population, leading to a loss of genetic variation?
What is the name of the phenomenon where a small group of individuals establishes a new population, leading to a loss of genetic variation?
What are the three major factors that alter allele frequencies and bring about most evolutionary change?
What are the three major factors that alter allele frequencies and bring about most evolutionary change?
