Genetic Diversity And Adaptation

Question 1

what is genetic diversity?

Answer 1

number of different alleles of genes in a population

Question 2

what does genetic diversity enable?

Answer 2

natural selection

Question 3

what is the process of natural selection?(general)

Answer 3

• random mutation can result in new alleles of a gene
• many mutations can be harmful but in certain environments the new allele of the gene may benefit the possessor which leads to increasing differential reproductive success
• advantageous allels are interested by members of the next generation
• over many generations, new allele increases in frequency in the population