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How does natural selection operate to cause a change in population?
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∙ 11y ago
One principle: Survival of the Fittest. Climates, weather, and conditions changes. And there are creatures who can survive in a certain condition, and others who can't. Those who cannot survive will die, and those who could survive will live. If the condition maintains, the surviving group will increase. But if the condition changes, the test for the survival of the fittest will happen again, and this time, the opposite result will occur. Hope this helps.
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∙ 14y agoThe members of the population differ so that only some survive when the environment changes
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What type of natural selection causes no change in the population?
If a population exists in an environment that changes very little, then natural selection may not provide any pressure to change. However, even under these conditions genetic driftoccurs, introducing random change within the parameters set by natural selection.
What does natural selection directly work on?
Natural selection acts on the genotype, but indirectly, through the phenotype.
How does population change as a result of natural selection?
Natural selection is not a thing that acts on populations, it is a tendency for harmful genes to not be passed on (die out) and useful variations to thrive and become common.
Does natural selection change the individul or the population?
The individual is selected and the population evolves. Keep this straight and you will avoid much confusion in the future.
What does natural selection cause in a population on a genetic level?
Change in the allele frequency within the gene pool. ?
What type of natural selection causes no change in the population?
If a population exists in an environment that changes very little, then natural selection may not provide any pressure to change. However, even under these conditions genetic driftoccurs, introducing random change within the parameters set by natural selection.
What can the theory of evolution by natural selection explain about a population?
How it can change in response to its enviroment
What are four forces that can change the frequency of genes in a population?
- natural selection - sexual selection - genetic drift - immigration/emagration
What does natural selection directly work on?
Natural selection acts on the genotype, but indirectly, through the phenotype.
What must occur for the gene pool within population to change?
natural selection or genetic drift
How do adaptations connect to evolution?
Adaptive change is the province of natural selection and natural selection is one of the main drivers of evolution. Natural selection selects from the individuals variations in a population of organisms on, basically, reproductive success and this adaption is passed on to progeny which changes the allele frequency in the population which is evolution.
Which force of evolution makes a population more alike?
Stabilizing selection occurs when the extreme forms of some trait are selected against by natural selection. It is a force of natural selection which causes evolution (definition: change of allele frequency in a population divided by time).
How does population change as a result of natural selection?
Natural selection is not a thing that acts on populations, it is a tendency for harmful genes to not be passed on (die out) and useful variations to thrive and become common.
Does natural selection change the individul or the population?
The individual is selected and the population evolves. Keep this straight and you will avoid much confusion in the future.
What does natural selection cause in a population on a genetic level?
Change in the allele frequency within the gene pool. ?
Which is more likely to be true natural selection or evolution?
Evolution, of course. Evolution can happen without natural selection in some cases; drift, flow. Generally though, natural selection causes evolution and then, by definition, would come first.
Are new alleles made by natural selection?
No - natural selection does not create new alleles. Variation in alleles needs to exist in the population in order for natural selection to occur. Natural selection will involve the change in allele frequencies over time, but it does not create new alleles. New alleles are the result of mutations.
