Fitness Flashcards
1
Q
What is fitness
A
the measure of the ability to survive and produce more offspring compared to other members of the population in that environment
2
Q
What is natural selection
A
chooses traits that promote survival of the fittest, and can only choose traits already exist in the gene pool
3
Q
What are mutations?
A
new genes to the gene pool but are rare and usually not beneficial but some are
Sexual reproduction also adds new gene combinations to the gene pool
4
Q
What is gene frequency?
A
the measure of how common a certain gene is in the population
5
Q
Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium
A
gene frequency stays the same (population is not evolving) if certain conditions are met this is Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium
6
Q
5 Conditions required to meet Hardy?
A
Very large population no emigration no immigration no mutations no natural selection
