Pop Gen 3

Question 1

Competition

Answer 1

Involves the interaction among individuals attempting to utilize a limited resource

Question 2

Coevolution

Answer 2

When one species evolves new adaptations in response to new features in another species

Question 3

Sexual Selection

Answer 3

When selection favors traits that help an organism acquire a mate

Question 4

What are three ways natural selection can affect a population over time?

Answer 4

Directional, Diversifying, and Stabilizing selections

Question 5

Directional Selection

Answer 5

When selection favors individuals with an extreme-value trait

Question 6

Disruptive Selection

Answer 6

When selection favors individuals at both extremes of a trait

Question 7

Stabilizing Selection

Answer 7

When selection favors individuals with the average value of a trait

Question 8

balanced polymorphism

Answer 8

keeping both alleles around in the heterozygote organisms while selecting against the two homozygous choices