HW Principle

Question 1

Population Genetics: study of the __ of alleles in a population and the causes of variation in these frequencies

Answer 1

frequency

Question 2

Genotype Frequencies:

a. proportion of individuals in a __ that carry a specific genotype at one or more loci

Answer 2

a. population

Question 3

Allele frequency:
a. Proportion of gene copies in a population that are a given __( probability of selecting this allele when a gene is taken randomly)

Answer 3

a. allele

Question 4

It is the change in allele frequencies across ___ that evolution refers to

Answer 4

generations

Question 5

Frequency is given from 0-1 (0 being __ from the population) 1 being 100% of the population

Answer 5

absent

Question 6

HWP: in a population of randomly __ individuals, allele frequencies are conserved and in ___ unless __ forces act on them

Answer 6

mating, equilibrium, external

Question 7

Assumptions of HWP:

1. No __
2. No __
3. No __
4. Large __
5. Random __

Answer 7

1. selection
2. mutation
3. migration
4. population
5. random mating