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Who came up with population genetics which is the scientific study of gene changes in animal populations?
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The man usually considered the founder of population genetics was Sir Ronald Fisher. He was one of the first to apply the mathematics of actuarial statistics (developed by the life insurance industry) to problems of genes in populations and to evolution. His 1929 classic book, The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection, is still influential today. Two other biologists made significant early contributions to population genetics: Sewall Wright, in the United States, and J.B.S Haldane in England. One other note: population genetics is also concerned with the study of gene frequency changes in plantpopulations.
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What is the role of population genetics in the study of microevolution?
Microevolution can be studied by observing changes in the numbers and types of alleles, or genetics, in populations.
What are intentional changes in genetics called?
MUTAGENESIS
What is ecological unstable equilibrium?
an equilibrium point at which, if either population changes, the population sizes will diverge from, rather than return to, the equilibrium point; a combination of population sizes at which the two populations could coexist, but when the combination changed, no impetus exists to return to the equilibrium population sizes.
6 Do large or small populations experience more genetic drift?
No...small populations have less genetic diversity. Explained by random genetic drift from neutral theory, the smaller the population, the faster it will fix on a certain allele, that is, a less genetic diversity.
What factors contribute to changes in populations?
parasites predation weather and clement are four ways natural factors can change a populations size.
What is the role of population genetics in the study of microevolution?
Microevolution can be studied by observing changes in the numbers and types of alleles, or genetics, in populations.
What is the name for the study of the changes in the sizes of populations?
Population dynamicstion…
How might a change in one populations affect other populations in a community?
It would change because when a population changes, a community changes too.
How might change in one population affect other populations in a community?
It would change because when a population changes, a community changes too.
How might a change in one population affect other populations in community?
It would change because when a population changes, a community changes too.
What is the scientific theory of the states that populations change over time in response to changes in the environment?
it is evolution
What is the particular development behavior or physiological change in a population of organisms in response to changes in the populations?
Phenotypic plasticity and adaptation are two ways a population changes in response to changes outside the population. This is how evolution works.
Demography is the scientific study of what?
Demography is the scientific study of human populations, including their size, structure, distribution, and changes over time. It examines factors such as birth rates, death rates, migration patterns, and age distributions to understand population dynamics.
How do mutations lead to changes in human populations?
The study can help scientists understand ancient human population ...
Gradual change in populations of organisms that occurs when the environment changes?
What process often begins by a portion of a population becoming physically or geographically separated?
What modern synthesis theory states that evolution occurs through changes in the gene pool of?
population
How is worldwide climate changes impacting the lion populations in Africa?
population is decreaseing because the lions have ran out of sun cream
