Quest 3 Examples

Question 1

Rock Pocket mouse

Answer 1

example of frequency-independent selection, fitness associated with a trait is not directly dependent on the frequency of the trait in a population

Question 2

malaria and sickle cell - Kuru

Answer 2

good example of overdominance

Question 3

immune function in mice

Answer 3

the directional selection frequency is independent as the frequency of the allele dictates what goes to fixation. selection does not.
this is due to selection acting upon phenotype not genotype and the gene is not observed. Even if NZW/NZW is rare, still selected for

Question 4

Drosophilia maggots, and elder flowers

Answer 4

examples of frequency-dependent selection

Question 5

sunflowers

Answer 5

example of viability selection vs. fecundity selection. even though the hybrid flowers had high survival rates (viability) just like the wild type, their total number of viable seeds (fecundity) was drastically lower.