Lecture 13 Flashcards by Adwoa B

What does population study?

The genetic makeup of individuals in groups and how a groups genetic composition changes over time

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What can be the source of variation?

Environmental and Genetic

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What can genetic differences be in?

Visible traits (eye color)
Physiological processes (sickle cell anemia &amp; pku)
Changes in DNA sequences with no phenotypic consequences (single nucleotide polymorphisms)

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What are the requirements of the hardy weinberg law?

No mutations
Random mating
No natural selection
Extremely large population size
No gene flow

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Lecture 13 Flashcards

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