4. Using Gene Technology To Assess Genetic Diversity

Question 1

Name 2 things which gene technologies have helped with ?

Answer 1

Clarification of evolutionary relationships.

Assessment of genetic diversity

Question 2

Genetic diversity

Answer 2

Number of different alleles of a gene in a species or population

Question 3

What were early estimates of genetic diversity

Answer 3

Looking at the frequency of measurable or observable characteristics in a population

Eg number of different eye colours in population and number of people with each particular eye colour

Question 4

What do different allies determine ?

Answer 4

Different characteristics

Higher amount of characteristics the higher the genetic diversity

Question 5

What do different alleles of the same gene have …

Answer 5

Slightly different DNA base sequences

By comparing the DNA base sequence of the same gene in different organisms in a population Allows scientists to find how many alleles of that gene there are in the population

Question 6

What will different alleles alps produce …

Answer 6

Slightly different mRNA base sequences and in turn produce proteins with slightly different amino acid sequences - also for comparison.