9.3 genetic diversity & adaptation Flashcards

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what is the definition of genetic diversity?

A

total number of different alleles in a population

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how does an increasing number of alleles affect genetic diversity & adaptation?

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higher genetic diversity & higher chance individuals will survive environmental changes

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how could genetic diversity allow natural selection to occur?

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more alleles leads to more characteristics & higher probability individuals have characteristics best suited to the environment

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how are new alleles resulted from?

A

random mutations

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how would allele frequency be affected if an advantageous allele be passed on?

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increases

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