This type of evolution involves changes in allele frequencies from one generation to the next.
What is microevolution?
100
A significant difference between the appearances of the two sexes within a species. An example would be a brown female cardinal and a red male cardinal.
What is sexual dimorphism?
100
The mating of two genetically related individuals.
What is inbreeding?
100
The continent where "most" of our examples in this chapter came from.
What is Africa?
200
All of the alleles for every gene in in a given population make this up.
What is gene pool?
200
The Hardy-Weinberg principle is also known as the...
What is null hypothesis?
200
Changes in allele frequencies due to random chance.
What is genetic drift ?
200
The average reproductive success of members of a population.
What is the mean fitness of the population?
200
Future President of the United States of America (2040)
Who is Tyrin Zumel Truong?
300
Refers to the presence of two or more variants or traits for a given character within a population.
What is polymorphism?
300
The relative likelihood that a genotype will contribute to the gene pool of the next generation compared with other genotypes.
What is fitness?
300
Does genetic drift have a greater effect in smaller or larger populations?
What is smaller populations?
300
Single allele in a population.
What is monomorphic gene?
300
Too many eggs and offspring die due to lack of care and food. (type of selection)
What is stabilizing selection?
400
The two types of frequencies that are concerned with population genetics are...
What are Allele and Genotype frequencies?
400
A population of mice start out with a white majority but over generations become mostly dark in color. What type of selection is this an example of?
What is directional selection?
400
Another name for "survival of the luckiest" is?
What is non-Darwinian evolution?
400
What does p represent in the Hardy Weinberg principle?
What is dominant gene?
400
Favors the survival of two or more genotypes that produce different phenotypes. (type of selection)
What is diversifying selection?
500
The Hardy-Weinberg equation...
What is p2+2pq+q2=1 ?
500
A female peacock choosing her future babydaddy based off of certain desirable characteristics would be considered as...
What is intersexual selection?
500
When a small group of individuals separate from a larger population to establish a new colony.
What is founder effect?
500
How many genotypes can a male have?
What is two? XY,xY
500
By itself, which of the following is not likely to have a major influence on allele frequencies?
A) natural selection
B) genetic drift
C) mutation
D) inbreeding
E) both c and d