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what reconciled darwin
s and mendel's ideas? |
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| define population genetics |
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| study of how populations change genetically over time |
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| large changes as accumulation of many samll changes |
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| what does modern synthesis emphasize? |
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| population as a unit of evolution, natural selection as the most important mechanism of adaptive evolution |
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| group of individuals of the same species living in a common area |
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| total aggregate of genes in a population at any one time |
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| explain the hardy-weinberg theorem |
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| describes gene pool of a non-evolving population. frequencies of alleles will remain constant over generations unless acted upon by agents other than segregation (meiosis) of reconbination of alleles (random fertilization) |
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| explain the hardy-weinberg theorem |
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| describes gene pool of a non-evolving population. frequencies of alleles will remain constant over generations unless acted upon by agents other than segregation (meiosis) of reconbination of alleles (random fertilization) |
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| what are the required conditions in hardy weinberg equilibrium? |
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very large population
isolation from other populations
no net mutations
random mating
no natural selection |
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| frequency of dominant allele |
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| frequency of recessive allele |
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| the frequency of homozygous dominant genotype |
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| frequency of heterozygous genotype |
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| frequency of homozygous recessive genotype |
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| what are the steps in calculating hardy-weinberg equilibrium? |
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establish the key
calculate the allele frequencies
calculate the genotype frequencies
figure the hardy weinberg equilibruim |
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| what are the steps in calculating hardy-weinberg equilibrium? |
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establish the key
calculate the allele frequencies
calculate the genotype frequencies
figure the hardy weinberg equilibruim |
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| what are the required conditions in hardy weinberg equilibrium? |
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very large population
isolation from other populations |
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