chapter 15 Flashcards

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gene flow

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movement of alleles between populations when individuals migrate and mate

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hardy-Weinberg equilibrium

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An idealized state in which allele frequencies in a population do not change from generation to generation

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macroevolution

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genetic change sufficient to form a new species

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microevolution

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change of allele frequency in a population

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population

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a group of interbreeding individuals

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population genetics

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the study of allele frequencies in biological populations

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