Evolution#2 Flashcards
Evoluation
changes in population gene pool
gene pool
all genes in population
agent of change (gene pool):
natural selection, mutations
benefical mutations
make organisms better fit (human mutation help others survive plague, small pox and aids)
sexual reproduction
result in genetic variation, major change agent in eukaryotes and diploid
mutation
major change in prokaryotes
eukaryotes and diploid
in meiosis, genetic recompination and indepedent assortment, chromosome form tetrad and crossing over
gene flow
changes in population gene pool due to migration (if one population migrate to another populaion, change gene variability (more genes for good or bad or less, dependent on which population migrate)
genetic drift
chanages in population gene pool due to chance
bottle neck
all indivudals wiped out ut few survive: lose genetic variability, indivudals who escaped reproduce and create new population
causes of bottle neck
causes: drought, natural disater,
example of bottle neck
buffalo (we wipe out), pandas, condors (la), elephant seal (san franciso, channel isalnds)
elepahtn seal
1890s hunted, 20 left
crash
keeps going and goign and then crash
founder effect
by chance, few people get isolated from main population and get reolcated by changing = founding population