If the population of mice is reduced due to disease, their predators may experience a decrease in food supply, leading to potential population decline among them. Conversely, the population of plants and insects that mice prey on could see an increase, which may impact other species further down the food web.
Yes, genetic drift can cause changes in the frequency of genotypes and phenotypes in a population over time. In a small population experiencing genetic drift, certain genotypes and phenotypes may become more common by chance, while others may be lost. This can lead to differences in the distribution of traits between the original and reduced population.
Genetic drift is more likely to occur in small populations where chance plays a significant role in determining the frequency of alleles. It can also happen in isolated populations or during population bottlenecks where genetic diversity is reduced.
For a population to grow, the birth rate must exceed the death rate, there must be enough resources available to support the increase in population, and factors that limit growth such as disease or predation must be controlled.
This could be anything, from earthquakes to migration to floods to disease, and so on, and so forth. In nature, population sizes naturally fluctuate even without such events, due to changes in the availability of resources, predation, and so on.
Variation in traits within a population is what causes natural selection to occur. When individuals in a population exhibit different traits, those that are better suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce, passing on those advantageous traits to the next generation. This process leads to the gradual change of a population over time.
Osteoporosis - A disease where bone and mineral density is reduced. Typically occurs in post-menopausal women, but can also occur in men.
About 16 cases of Tay-Sachs disease are diagnosed each year.
ecological exclusion
A genetic mutation within the population.
The defective gene that causes Tay-Sachs disease is found in roughly 1 in 250 people in the general population.
natural selection or genetic drift
In Alzheimer's disease, CAA is more common than in the general population, and may occur in more than 80% of patients over age 60.
Mutation can create new alleles, therfore can change allele frequencies in a population.
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Eye color can change with age. Slight color changes can occur from disease or a change in hormones.
No, organisms die.Evolution is the change in allele frequency over time in a population of organisms.
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