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What is ultimately responsible for introducing new alleles into a population?
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Mutation
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New alleles are introduced into a population through mutations in DNA which can occur spontaneously, typically during the process of DNA replication. Mutations can result from errors in DNA replication, exposure to environmental factors such as radiation or chemicals, or random genetic recombination during sexual reproduction.
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What effect does a bottleneck have on the allele frequency of a population?
A bottleneck can lead to a significant reduction in the genetic diversity of a population, causing certain alleles to be lost and others to become more common. This can increase the frequency of rare alleles and result in genetic drift, potentially leading to an increase in genetic diseases or reduced fitness in the population.
Explain how different factors can affect a population's gene pool?
Factors such as mutations, gene flow (migration), genetic drift, natural selection, and non-random mating can all affect a population's gene pool. Mutations introduce new genetic variation, gene flow can introduce new alleles, genetic drift can cause random changes in allele frequencies, natural selection can favor certain alleles, and non-random mating can lead to preferential inheritance of specific genotypes, ultimately influencing the genetic diversity of the population.
Do alleles behave the same way no matter what the population size is?
In small populations, genetic drift can have a greater impact on allele frequencies, leading to more rapid changes than in large populations where genetic drift has a smaller effect. Additionally, in small populations, the effects of genetic drift can increase the likelihood of alleles being lost through random sampling.
The collection of all the genes in a population is called?
The collection of all the genes in a population is called the gene pool. This gene pool contains all of the genetic variation within a population, which can be passed on to future generations through reproduction.
What happens when a population is not evolving?
When a population is not evolving, it means that the allele frequencies within the population are remaining stable over generations. This could occur if the population is experiencing no mutations, no gene flow, no genetic drift, no natural selection, and if mating is completely random. In essence, the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
How do mutations affect genetic equilibrium?
by introducing new alleles
What will a population with different alleles have?
A population with different alleles will have traits
What does not add new alleles to a population gene population?
1.Which does not add new alleles to a population gene pool?
What does not add alleles to a population gene pool?
1.Which does not add new alleles to a population gene pool?
What is the allele frequency?
The distribution of alleles in a population - APEX
What is a gene pool consists of all the genes within a?
all alleles for all genes in a population.
What process is responsible for the independent assortment of alleles?
Meiosis
What are more than two alleles that exist in a population for a particular trait?
Multiple alleles
What is Co-dominant Alleles?
Two diffrent alleles at a locus, are responsible for diffrent phenotypes and both affects the phenotype
The theory of modern synthesis states that evolution involves changes in a population's?
population
How many different outcomes can you have when you have 10 alleles?
There is not enough information to answer this questions. 10 alleles in 1 loci? 10 alleles total? 10 alleles for that gene in the population?
What statement describes a gene pool?
All of the alleles in one populationAll of the alleles in one population
