Natural Selection Is More Complicated Than I Thought Flashcards
Directional
One end of distribution curve is fitter than the others
Stabilizing
The middle ones are more fit than the others
Disruptive
Lower and upper end is more fit than the middle
Bottleneck effect
Dramatic reduction in population size
Founder effect
Happens when small subgroup of population migrates to a new place
Nonrandom mating
Females prefer fitter males
Small populations are prone to genetic drift because?
Small gene pool
Gene flow
Movement of genes in or out of population
Two effects of genetic drift are
Bottleneck effect and founder effect
Hardy Weinberg principle has what five things
Nonrandom mating
Small populations are prone to genetic drift
Gene flow
Mutations
Natural selection
What causes directional selection
A phenotype at one end is favored
What causes stabilizing selection
Intermediate phenotype under selection and extremes will have less success
What causes disruptive selection
When extremes of a phenotype are favored
Speciation
Making of new species
Reproductive isolation
Separation of a species so they can’t reproduce anymore