Topic 31

Question 1

What do population genetics and quantitative genetics both focus on?

Answer 1

The genetic basis of phenotypic variation among the individuals in a population

Question 2

What does population genetics usually deal with?

Answer 2

It ususally deals with frequencies of alleles and genotypes

Question 3

What does quantitative genetics concentrate on?

Answer 3

It concentrates on the ways that individual variation in genotype and environment contribute to variance in phenotype

Question 4

Environmental effects

Answer 4

diet, health, exercise, weather etc,

Question 5

V environment =

Answer 5

v permanent + v temporary

Question 6

V phenotypic=

Answer 6

v genetic + v environment