L26 Population genetics: variation in space and time
Description
• Calculate genotype frequencies using Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
• Identify that random genetic drift occurs rapidly in small populations.
• Explain how populations evolve over time in response to selection.
Allele frequencies in a [blank_start]population[blank_end] remain [blank_start]constant[blank_end] over time unless acted upon by evolutionary [blank_start]forces[blank_end].
Answer
population
constant
forces
Question 2
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Which of these is not an assumption of the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
Answer
Large population size
No natural selection
No mating
No mutations
No migration
Question 3
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The frequency of alleles can be calculated by:
Answer
p + q = 100
p + q = 1
p^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1
p^2 + pq + q^2 = 100
Question 4
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The genotypic frequency can be calculated by:
Answer
p^2 + pq + q^2 = 1
pq^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1
p^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1
p1^2 + p + q = 1
Question 5
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1 in 2500 children are born with the recessive disease cystic fribrosis. What proportion of the population are carriers of this disease?
Answer
0.0004
0.02
0.98
0.0392
Question 6
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Genetic drift is a change in allele [blank_start]frequencies[blank_end] due to random, [blank_start]non[blank_end] natural selection events.
Answer
frequencies
non
Question 7
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Stabilising selection [blank_start]reduces[blank_end] variation but [blank_start]doesn't[blank_end] change the mean. Directional selection [blank_start]changes[blank_end] the mean value toward an [blank_start]extreme[blank_end]. Disruptive selection [blank_start]favours[blank_end] the two extremes, and often leads to [blank_start]speciation[blank_end].