Lab 1: Population Genetics

Question 1

What is evolution?

Answer 1

Long term change in the genetic makeup of a population over generations.

Question 2

What is a populations?

Answer 2

a group of individuals that live together in a specific geographic area and reproduces.

Question 3

What is a gene pool?

Answer 3

All the genetic information distributed among all the individuals of a population is collectively called a gene pool.

Question 4

What is allele frequency?

Answer 4

Is the portion of a particular allele for a particular gene in the gene pool of a population.

Question 5

What is Population Genetics?

Answer 5

is the branch of biology that deals with the genetic makeup of populations.

Question 6

What is genotype frequency?

Answer 6

is the portion of a particular genotype in a population.

Question 7

The genotype frequencies for one gene with two alternative allels can be written as:

Answer 7

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

Question 8

The allele frequencies for one gene with two alternative alleles can be written as:

Answer 8

p + q = 1