L17 Population genetics

Question 1

Definition of Genetic population

Answer 1

A population is defined a group of individuals belonging to the same species that live in a defined geographic area and actually or can potentially interbreed

Question 2

What are the assumptions that Hardy-Weinburg Equilibrium based on?

Answer 2

1) Population size is infinity large
2) Random mating occurs
3) No migration
4) No mutation
5) No genetic drift

Question 3

Formula for Hardy-Weinburg Equilibrium

Answer 3

p^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1

p + q = 1, so p = 1 - q

Question 4

Natural selection

Answer 4

is the principal force that shifts allele frequencies within large population and is one of the agents of evolutionary change.