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The Hardy-Weinberg Principle
See how his theory of Evolution differed from Darwin's
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Biology
9th Grade
02/07/2011

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Evolution
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Everytime you have a change in the gene pool, you have...
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Evolution
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The sum total of the genetic changes in the individuals of a population's gene pool.
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Gene pool
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the sum of all of the alleles or genes of all individuals in a population
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Alleles
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are alternate forms of varieties of a gene
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Change in gene frequencies =
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Evolution
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Alleles
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is the population as a whole that actually evolves
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A change of frequencies of alleles in the gene pool of a population
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Evolution
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Population
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distinct group of individuals within a species who only mate with members of their own population
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If the parent generation has 92% B and 8% b their offspring collectively have 90% B and 10% b, what has happened?
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Evolution has occured between the generations
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an English Mathematician
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Godfrey Hardy
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Wilhelm Weinberg
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German physician
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Godfrey Hardy & Wilhelm Weinburg
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independent work resulted in future development of Evolution
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Through mathematical modeling based on probability, they concluded what?
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a the gene pool frequencies are inherently stable
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Through mathematical modeling based on probablity, they concluded in 1908 that
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evolution should be expected in all populations virtually all of the time
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Popular geneticists including two other people, came to conclude that evolution will not occur in a population if seven conditions are met. Who are the other two based on previous questions?
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1.Hardy
2.Weinberg
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What are the seven conditions that need to be met for evolution to not occur?
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1.no mutations. 2 no natural selection. 3. large population. 4 population breeds. 5. random mating. 6. same number of kids. 7.no migration out of home
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The seven conditions that needed to be met to prevent evolution is called
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H-W Equilibrium
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Proves that evolution is inevitable
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H-W Equilibrium
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