HW and nonrandom mating Flashcards
nonrandom mating can have rather profound effects on genotype ___
frequencies
what is the most common type of non random mating?
inbreeding
preferential mating among genetic relatives
inbreeding
most extrem form of inbreeding that results in the most drastic effects of inbreeding
self fertilization
why does inbreeding happen?
proximity
inbreeding results in (2)
1 increase in frequency of homozygotes
2 decrease of heterozygotes
why does inbreeding violate HW?
you can no longer multiply probabilities to get the expected genotype frequencies
what can happen when lethal homozygotes are present in a population
inbreeding depression
inbreeding depression results in a decrease in
fitness
why was the great prairie chicken undergoing a trend line extinction vortex?
the Praire land that was their habitat was being destroyed by corn crops, this led to non random mating and a genetic bottle neck of decreased survivability of eggs