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Q: Is a case of genetic drift in which rare alleles or combinations of alleles occur in higher frequencies in a population isolated from the general population?
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What does the Hardy Weinberg principle predict?

Genotype frequencies in a population.


Does sexual reproduction create new alleles or new combinations of alleles?

new combinations of alleles


In a population the sum of the relative frequencies of all alleles for a particular trait is?

Gene or allele frequency


Interbreeding among members of a population results in?

no changes in the relative frequencies of alleles in the gene pool i think...


How does mutation occur in the population?

Mutation can create new alleles, therfore can change allele frequencies in a population.


Which does sexual reproduction create new allels or new combinations of alleles?

new combinations of alleles


How do alleles influence natural selection?

It's the other way around: natural selection is the natural process that causes the frequencies of occurence of alleles in the population gene pool to shift.


How can new combinations of alleles be created when genes are linked?

New combinations of alleles can be created when genes are linked through a process called crossing over during meiosis. Crossing over occurs when homologous chromosomes exchange genetic material, resulting in the mixing of alleles between the two chromosomes. This process leads to the creation of new combinations of alleles and contributes to genetic variation in the population.


What indicates that evolution is occurring in a population in genetic terms?

In terms of a population, evolution is just the change of allele frequencies over time. Natural selection can cause certain advantageous alleles to increase in frequency, and detrimental alleles to decrease in frequency.


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.


From events during what phase do novel combinations of alleles arise?

Novel combinations of alleles arise in prophase I and metaphase I.


How do mutations relate to variations within a population?

Essentially, they are what directly causes evolution. Evolution is the shifting of allele frequencies in a population. Variant alleles come into existence through reproductive shuffling, mutation. Natural selection is what then determines in what 'direction' the allele frequencies in the population gene pool shift, whether some variant allele spreads throughout the population, or fades from it.