Lecture 16

Question 1

What makes up the theory of evolution? What are the genetic components

Question 2

Where does heritable variation come from

Question 3

What is a mutation and what are the three different possible effects

Question 4

What are the four characteristics of a mutation

Question 5

What are the four types of mutations

Question 6

What is the rate of new mutation in humans

Question 7

Why and how do mutations vary among species?

Question 8

How is the G6PD deficiency created in humans

Question 9

What is the effect of mutations on fitness?

Question 10

What was the notion of hereditary before Mendel and after Mendel

Question 11

Explain mendels pea experiment: how did it go against the theory of blending. What actually happened?

Question 12

What are the 4 key conclusions of menders experiment , and which contribute to the law of segregation

Question 13

How does segregation and independent assortment cause diversity?

Question 14

How does recombination in meiosis contribute to variation

Question 15

Use human height to explain how not all variation falls under menders law of discrete variation

Question 16

What are two factors that create continuous variations

Question 17

Explain discrete vs continuous variation