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Which kind of mutation has the greater potential to affect the evolution of a population a mutation to a body cell or a mutation in an egg cell?
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∙ 9y ago
Mutations that occur during gametogenesis (formation of egg and sperm) are called germ-line mutations. They are more significant than somatic mutations (which occur in body cells) because they can be transmitted to the next generation whereas somatic mutations are not transmitted to the next generation.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoits more significant because if it happens in a sperm or egg cell, it can be passed on to the next generation.
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Why does a mutation in a sex cell have potential for great effect?
A mutation in a sex cell can be passed on to your offspring and to their offspring as well. Therefore, its effect is greater than that of a somatic mutation.
Is Genetic diversity is the raw material for evolution?
Mutations occur randomly, and every once in a blue moon, a mutation offers some benefit to a individual of a particular species in a particular place and allows that individual to have more offspring than its peers. If the mutation provides enough benefit to some individuals, they will have a tendency to survive and reproduce (as per the principle of natural selection). Natural selection reduces variability by killing off less fit individuals. It is mutations that increase the variability and allow evolution (successful natural selection, not mass extinction, but controlled deaths) to occur. Without variability there is no evolution.
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The potential energy of the reactants is greater than the potential energy of the products.
Why does reducing a molecule give that molecule greater potential energy?
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What factor would have a greater impact on a population as the density of that population increases?
Predation
Which kind of mutation has greater potential to affect the evolution of a population Explain?
A frame-shift mutation has greater potential to affect the evolution of a population because it can alter the entire reading frame of a gene, leading to a non-functional protein. This can result in significant changes to an organism's phenotype, potentially affecting its survival and reproduction, and thereby influencing the population's evolution.
Why does a mutation in a sex cell have potential for great effect?
A mutation in a sex cell can be passed on to your offspring and to their offspring as well. Therefore, its effect is greater than that of a somatic mutation.
Natural selection cannot occur without what?
Variations within a population. Variations mean traits that only certain individuals have that give the individual a greater or lesser chance of reproducing.
Explain how an increase in population density allows disease to have a greater influence in regulating population size?
When a population increases, there is greater potential for influences such as disease to have a greater impact on the population. The total numbers of people affected will be greater than in a smaller population.
Is the probability of a mutation in any given gene is greater than 3 percent?
This is closer to about 1% of the population. Most people are pretty similar in regards to the chromosomes that they carry.
What is a synonymous polymorphism?
A synonymous polymorphism is where a mutation alters the base in the DNA sequence but doesn't alter the amino acid encoded (due to the redundancy of the genetic code). Typically, for it to be classified as a polymorphism (as opposed to a mutation) it must occur in greater than 1% of the population.
How animals evovled?
Evolution is garnered by natural selection. Natural selection occurs when a mutation in a gene leads to a greater fitness in an individual(able to have more offspring). These individuals are better suited for their environment and thus survive more often and reproduce more making the gene more common. That evolution in a nutshell.
How does an object affect the height of the object?
Directly. The greater the potential fall, the greater the potential energy.
What is meant by greater fitness in darwinian evolution?
Better adaptions in the immediate environment leading to greater reproductive success. All organisms in a population are variations and in the immediate environment some organisms are better suited to survive and reproduce against their conspecifics. They have greater fitness.
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