Population Genetics

Question 1

What is a population

Answer 1

A group of organisms of the same species that occupy a particular space at a particular time and can interbeeed to produce fertile offsprings

Question 2

What is a gene pool

Answer 2

All the alleyes of genes of individual in a population at a given time

Question 3

What is allelic frequency

Answer 3

The number of times an allele occurs in a gene pool

Question 4

What is the nerdy Weinberg principle

Answer 4

Provides a mathematical equation that can be used to calculate frequencies of alleles of a population

Question 5

What is the two equation

Answer 5

P+q=1 or p2 +2pq+q2

Question 6

when does the proportions of alleles stay the same

Answer 6

no mutations arise
population is isolated
no selection
population is large
ating is random