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BIO106 - Evolutionary Biology > Lesson 5: Evolutionary Mechanisms - Genetic Drift (and Inbreeding) > Flashcards

Lesson 5: Evolutionary Mechanisms - Genetic Drift (and Inbreeding) Flashcards

1
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what does deviation fro Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium indicate

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evolution is happening

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Four major evolutionary mechanisms that alter allele frequencies in populations

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  1. genetic drift
  2. natural selection
  3. mutation
  4. migration
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One evolutionary mechanism that alters heritable expression of those alleles

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epigenetic inheritance

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4
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what does natural selection act on

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genetic / epigenetic variation

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what does mutation generate

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genetic variation

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epigenetic modification changes what

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expression of genes

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what does genetic drift cause

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  • fluctuations in allele frequencies
  • can reduce genetic variation
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  • can act as a homogenizing force
  • if two populations are different, this can reduce differences
  • population could go out of HW equilibrium
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migration

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9
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migration can act as a __ __

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homogenizing force

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primarily the natural occurring development or body of water that separates and detaches as area from others

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geographic barrier

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Two types of migration

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  1. immigration
  2. emigration
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could introuduce genetic variation into a population

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immigration

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13
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could reduce genetic variation in a population

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emigration

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  • regarded inbreeding and genetic drift as particularly important genetic mechanisms
  • worked on agricultural stocks and was consequently
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Sewall Wright

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what did Sewall Wright regard as particularly important genetic mechanisms

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  • Inbreeding
  • Genetic Drift
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16
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what could inbreeding and genetic drift generate according to Sewall Wright

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new gene interactions

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17
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Null Model

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  1. no evolution
  2. no selection
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18
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no evolution

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population in HWE

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no selection

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  • no natural selection
  • include genetic drift
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20
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null model that tests for natural selection should include __

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demography

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21
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directly affects the level of genetic drift acting on a population

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population size

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22
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who focused more on importance of genetic drift during the evolutionary synthesis

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Sewall Wright

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who focused more on importance of natural selection during the evolutionary synthesis

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Ronald Fisher

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24
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when did the emphasis of genetic drift resurge

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1970s, 80s (w/ Kimura’s “neutral theory”

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wrote “The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution”

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Motoo Kimura

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26
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most evolutionary changes at the molecular level are caused by random genetic drift of selectively neutral nucleotide substitutions

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neutral theory of molecular evolution by Kimura

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27
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molecular evolution takes place at a roughly __ __

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constant rate

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  • average rate at which a species’ genome accumulates mutations
  • used to measure their evolutionary divergence and in other calculations
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molecular clock

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29
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changes in allele frequency from one generation to the next simply due to chance (sampling error)

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random genetic drift

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30
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what kind of evolutionary force is genetic drift

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non adaptative

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31
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Two types of evolutionary force

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  1. Non adaptive
  2. Adaptative
32
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primarily random, including mutation, genetic drift, and recombination.

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Non-adaptive forces

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what are the Non-adaptive forces

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  1. mutation
  2. genetic drift
  3. recombination
34
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depend on the relative or absolute fitness of individuals within a population, such as natural selection

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Adaptive forces

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What are the Adaptive forces

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natural selection

36
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when does genetic drift happen

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  • populations are limited in size
  • violating HW assumption of infinite population size
37
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when population is large, chance events … ?

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cancel each other out

38
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when population is small, random differences in reproductive success begin to …?

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matter much more

39
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in evolution, what is meant when we talk about population size

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effective population size

40
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who introduced the concept of effective population size

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Sewall Wright

41
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the number of individuals in a population that actually contribute offspring to the next generation

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effective population size

42
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lead to an effective population size that is smaller than the census size

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  1. unequal sex ratio
  2. variation in no. of offspring
  3. overlapping generations
  4. fluctuations in population size
  5. nonrandom mating
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Ne formula

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= 4NmNf / (Nm+Nf)

44
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actual unit of evolution

45
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Element of chance in:

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  1. who leaves offspring
  2. no. of offspring
  3. which offspring survive (which gametes, which alleles)
46
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Consequence of Genetic Drift
Population size is reduced:

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  1. Allelic Level
  2. Genotypic Level
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Consequence of Genetic Drift
Population size is reduced:
- allelic level

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random fixation of alleles (loss of alleles)

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Consequence of Genetic Drift
Population size is reduced:
- genotypic level

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loss of heterozygosity (because of fewere alleles)

49
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extreme example of genetic drift that happens when the size of a population is severely reduced

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bottleneck effect

50
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  • when an allele frequency becomes 100%
  • other alleles are lost by chance
51
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probability of fixation of an allele = ?

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allele’s starting frequency

52
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as population get smaller, the probability of fixation goes __

53
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frequency of heterozygotes in a population

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heterozygosity

54
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frequency of heterozygotes in the next generation

55
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Hg+1 formula

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Hg+1 = Hg (1- 1/2N)

56
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loss of allelic variation due to genetic drift results in what

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increased homozygosity

57
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no genetic variation = ?

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no natural selection

58
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what happens to natural selection when there is genetic drift

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less efficient

59
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where is natural selection more efficient

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larger populations

60
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How to detect genetic drift

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  1. random fluctuations in allele frequencies
  2. fluctuations in non-coding and non-functional regions of the genome
  3. same pattern of fluctuations across these regions of the genome
  4. fluctuations in allele frequencies correspond to demography of population (population size)
61
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genetic drift often leads to what

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inbreeding

62
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mating among genetic relatives, often because of small population size

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inbreeding

63
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measure of homozygosity

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F = fixation index

64
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measure of relatedness between two individuals

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inbreeding coefficient

65
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Consequences of inbreeding

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  1. exposure of recessive alleles (may be deleterious)
  2. inbreeding depression
  3. lower genotypic diversity
66
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could be subjected to selection

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exposure of recessive alleles

67
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reduction in survival and fitness

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inbreeding depression

68
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poor response to natural selection

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lower genotypic diversity

69
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on average, each of us carries __ lethal recessive alleles

70
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Examples of genetic diseases due to inbreeding

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  1. porphyria
  2. acromegaly
  3. hemophilia
71
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  • accumulation of porphyrin precursors
  • causes insanity
  • dominant, but more intense in homozygous form
72
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  • overproduction of GH by the pituitary gland
  • recessive
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acromegaly

73
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  • victoria’s secret
  • x-linked, shows up n males more
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hemophilia

74
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extreme consequence of genetic drift

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inbreeding

75
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When is genetic drift LEAST likely to operate

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when population is very very large

76
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selection acts __ in inbred populations to remove deleterious recessive alleles

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