conservation

Question 1

in-situ conservation

Answer 1

protect population in natural environment

Question 2

ex-situ conservation

Answer 2

translocate population to new area (like an island)

preserve breeding populations in captivity

Question 3

genetic contributers to extinction

Answer 3

inpreeeding, outbreeeding depression, loss of genetic diversity, accumulation of deleterious mutations. adaptation to captivity

Question 4

when is interbreeding more likely to occur

Answer 4

population is small, sex ratio is skewed

Question 5

why does inbreeding reduce fitness

Answer 5

could both inherited same allele so rate of homozygosity is much hihgher, most alleles are for diseased are rare, so having a kid increases that risk of disease

Question 6

outbreeding depression

Answer 6

parent from a different population can be less well adapted to an environment

Question 7

natural and artificial selection

Answer 7

organism adapts to captive environment, reduces fitness to natural environment

Question 8

directed artificial selection

Answer 8

intentional selection for traits desirable for handling, breeding

Question 9

unconscious artificial selection

Answer 9

unintentional selection for desirable trails

Question 10

incidental artificial selection

Answer 10

caused by preperties of the captive environment like abundant water, lack of predators

Question 11

how would you prevent adaptation to captivity

Answer 11

keep conditions similar to natural environment, minimise number of generations, minimise selection, fragment populations, immigration