Population Genetics Flashcards
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Natural selection suggests what?
A
Beneficial traits are more likely to be passed down to offspring.
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Q
What happens in genetic drift?
A
A reproductive sampling error.
2
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What is a mutation?
A
A change in genetic code from parent to offspring.
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Q
What happens during Gene flow?
A
The transfer of new gene variants (alleles) between populations
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Q
Why are hardy and Weinberg important?
A
They demonstrated mathematically that gene frequencies would not change.
