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Chapter 23 Evolution of Populations Flashcards

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1
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Do organisms evolve during their lifetimes?

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No, only natural selection

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What does natural selection act on?

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Genetic variation, different phenotypes.

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Can populations evolve?

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Yes

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*there must be a change in ___________ for evolution to take place

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Allele frequencies

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What is a change in allele frequency‘s in a population over generations?

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Microevolution

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In microevolution what are the three mechanisms that cause allele frequency change?

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-natural selection -genetic drift -Gene flow

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Only ___________ causes adaptive evolution

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Natural selection

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What is the mechanism that improves the match between the organism and its environment?

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Natural selection

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What is the mechanism that can cause a change in the gene pool of a small population strictly by chance?

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Genetic drift

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10
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The transfer of genetic variation from one population to another coming or leaving the population

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Gene flow

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What is a prerequisite for evolution?

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Genetic variation in heritable traits

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Genetic variation among individuals is caused by ____________.

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Differences in genes or other DNA segments

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What contributes to phenotypic differences?

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Single gene or Two or more genes (quantitative characters)

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14
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Average heterozygosity measures the average percent of loci that are heterogeneous in a population

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Gene variability *more valuable measurement compared to nucleotide variability

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Measured by comparing the DNA sequence of pairs of individuals

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Nucleotide variability

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How do you new genes and alleles arise?

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-mutation -gene duplication -exon shuffling

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What are other sources of genetic variation?

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-horizontal gene transfer -sexual reproduction

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18
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-a change in nucleotide sequence of DNA

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Mutation

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Only mutations in cells that produce ________ can be passed offspring

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Gametes (egg or sperm)

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What is a change in one base in a gene?

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Point mutation

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21
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Why can mutations to genes be neutral?

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No change to the amino acid being made, it’s silent no change in the phenotype Or mutations that occur in the introns

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differences in DNA sequence that do not confer a selective advantage or disadvantage Ex: mutations in non-coding regions of DNA

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Neutral variation

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23
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Duplicated genes can take on new __________ by further mutation Ex. Globins (hemoglobin, myoglobin)

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Functions

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Are mutation rates higher or lower in animals and plants? With a Mutation rate of…

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Low 1 in every 100,000 genes per generation

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Mutations rates are often ________ in prokaryotes and ________ in viruses

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Lower, higher

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Why do most mutations accumulate quickly in prokaryotes in viruses?

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Shorter lifespan (20-30 min)

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sexual reproduction can shuffle existing alleles into new combinations by what three ways?

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-crossing over -independent assortment of chromosomes -fertilization

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28
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In organisms that reproduce sexually, _________ of alleles is more important than mutations in producing the genetic differences that make adaptation possible

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Recombination

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What equation is used to test whether a population is evolving?

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Hardy-Weinberg Equation P^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1

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p= q= p^2= 2pq= q^2=

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p= frequency of dominant allele q= frequency of recessive allele p^2= Frequency of AA genotype 2pq= frequency of Aa genotype q^2= Frequency of aa genotype

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A localized group of individuals capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring

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Population

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Consists of all the alleles for all loci in a population

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Gene pool

33
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The Hardy-Weinberg principle describes a population that is…..

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Not evolving

34
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If a population does not meet the criteria of the Hardy-Weinberg principle, it can be concluded that the population is __________

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Evolving

35
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Principle that states frequencies of alleles and genotypes in a population remain constant from generation to generation

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The Hardy-Weinberg principle

36
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Describes the constant frequency of alleles in a gene pool

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Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium

37
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Describes a hypothetical population that is not evolving

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The Hardy-Weinberg theorem

38
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*** in the Hardy-Weinberg theorem what are the five conditions for non-evolving populations (rarely met in nature)

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  1. No mutations 2. Random mating 3. No natural selection 4. Extremely large population size 5. No gene flow
39
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Natural populations can evolve at some loci, while being in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium at other loci. True or false?

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True

40
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Phenylketonuria (PKU) that occurs 1 in every 10,000 births (2% of the U.S. population) is an example of ….

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Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium

41
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What are the three major factors that alter allele frequencies and bring about most evolutionary change?

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-natural selection -genetic drift -Gene flow

42
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How does natural selection alter allele frequency?

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Differential success in reproduction results in certain alleles being passed to the next generation in greater proportions

43
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How does genetic drift alter allele frequency?

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-changes Clearlake frequency due to random chance -describes how allele frequency‘s fluctuate unpredictably from one generation to the next

44
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Will a smaller or larger sample have a greater chance of deviation from a predicted result?

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Smaller

45
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How does genetic drift tend to reduce genetic variation?

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-

46
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What effect can be seen when a few individuals become isolated from a larger population? Can allele frequencies in this smaller population be different from those in the larger parent population?

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The founder effect Yes, does not match the parent population

47
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What effect is seen when there is a sudden reduction in population size due to a change in the environment?

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The bottleneck effect

48
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With the bottleneck effect, is the resulting gene pool reflective of the original populations gene pool?

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No. There is less genetic variation than the original population. If the population remain small, it may be further affected by genetic drift

49
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-population reduced dramatically and then rebuilds -randomly eliminated members without regard to genotype -surviving members may have allele frequencies different from original population -Allele frequencies can drift substantially when the population is small -New population likely to have less genetic variation

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Bottleneck effect

50
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Understanding the _________ effect can increase understanding of how human activity affects other species

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Bottleneck

51
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Genetic drift is significant in ________ populations Genetic drift causes allele frequencies to change at __________

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Small Random

52
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Genetic drift can lead to a loss of genetic _________ within populations Genetic drift can cause harmful alleles to become __________

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variation Fixed

53
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Consists of the movement of alleles among populations Alleles can be transferred through the movement of fertile individuals or gametes (for example, pollen)

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Gene flow

54
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* Gene flow tends to _______ variation among populations over time * tends to ________ genetic diversity within a population

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Reduce Enhance

55
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Can gene flow decrease the fitness of a population?

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It increases the fitness of the population

56
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Gene flow can __________ the fitness of a population

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Increase Ex: resistance to insecticide can be passed to other populations and increase their fitness

57
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____________ is an important agent of evolutionary change in human populations

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Gene flow

58
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______________ is the only mechanism that consistently causes adaptive evolution

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Natural selection

59
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In Evolution by natural selection…. New genetic variations arise by ________ Beneficial alleles are “_______” and favored by natural selection

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Chance Sorted

60
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Leaving genes for the next generation The contribution of an individual makes to the gene pool for the next generation, relative to the contributions of other individuals

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Relative fitness

61
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Selection favors certain genotypes by acting on what of individuals?

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Phenotypes

62
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What are the three modes of selection?

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-directional selection -destructive selection -stabilizing selection

63
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A mode of selection that favors individuals at one end of the phenotypic range (an extreme is picked)

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Directional selection

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Selection that favors individuals at both extremes of the phenotypic range

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Disruptive selection

65
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Mode of selection that favors intermediate variance and acts against extreme phenotypes

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Stabilizing selection

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Does genetic drift and gene flow consistently lead to adaptive evolution?

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No. They can increase or decrease the match between the organism and it’s environment

67
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natural selection for mating success

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Sexual selection This can cause sexual dimorphism

68
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the differences in secondary sexual characteristics between males and females of the same species

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Sexual dimorphism

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Selection within the same sex, individuals of one sex compete directly for mates of the opposite sex.

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Intrasexual selection

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Also called mate choice, one sex is choosy in selecting their mates from the other sex

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Intersexual selection

71
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Balancing selection includes…

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-heterozygote advantage (ex: malaria protection in heterozygous for sickle cell) -frequency-dependent selection

72
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Occurs when natural selection maintain stable frequencies of two or more phenotypic forms in a population

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Balancing selection

73
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-occurs when heterozygotes have a higher fitness then do both homozygotes -natural selection will tend to maintain two or more alleles at that locus -can result from stabilizing or directional selection

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Heterozygote advantage

74
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The fitness of a phenotype declines if it becomes too common in the population Selection can favor which ever phenotype is less common in a population Selects for approximately equal numbers Ex: right-mouth and left-mouth fish

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Frequency-dependent selection

75
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Genetic variation that does not confer a selective advantage or disadvantage

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Neutral variation

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