Population variation 1

Question 1

what causes phenotypic variation among individuals within a populations?

Answer 1

• mutations
• environmental components

Question 2

what is a haplotype?

Answer 2

• one of the sequences of a gene or DNA segment that can be distinguished from homologous sequences
• half of the combination

Question 3

what are the five assumptions under Hardy-weinberg principle?

Answer 3

1. no natural selection
2. no gene flow
3. no mutations
4. random mating
5. extremely large population size

Question 4

What are two important implications under hardy weinberg?

Answer 4

1. genotype frequencies reach HW after one generation of random mating
2. allele frequencies also remain unchanged from generation to generation