Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium Flashcards

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what does it sayq

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the frequency of alleles will stay the same throughout generations if a population is stable and in genetic equilibruim

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five conditions for HW equilibruim

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1) large breeding population
2) no immigrants/emigrants
3) no change in allelic frequency
4) random mating
5) no natural selection

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what is a population bottleneck?

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sharp reduction in size of pop due to random event (envionmental or human activities)

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what is the founder effect?

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the loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a small # of individuals

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what is the HWequation

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P^2+2pq+q^2=1

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what does p represent

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frequency of dominant allele

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q=

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frequency of recessive allele

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p^2

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frequency of homo dominant genotype (AA)

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q^2

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frequency of homo recessive genotype (aa)

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2pq=

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frequency of heterozygous genotype (Aa)

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