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    Population Genetics Lab

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    September 18‚ 2011 Period 8 AP Bio Ms. Dahle September 12‚ 2011 TITLE: Population Genetics and Evolution Within a Gene Pool INTRODUCTION: The Hardy-Weinberg scheme is a way of viewing evolution as changes in the frequency of alleles in a population of organisms. If A and a are alleles for a particular gene and each individual has two alleles then p is the frequency of the A allele and q is the frequency of a alleles. The frequency of the possible diploid combinations is expressed in the equation

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    Abstract Population genetics is the study of how localized groups of individuals capable of interbreeding and creating fertile progeny change genetically over time. The Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium accounts for gene pools that do not change genetically over time. In this experiment‚ I intended to determine whether the sample population consisting of my fellow biology lab classmates would fall in the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium with respect to the ALU insert from human chromosome 8. My hypothesis was

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    Population Genetics

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    alleles in the gene pool of a population. Hardy and Weinberg‚ and the population geneticists who followed observed that evolution will not occur in a population if seven conditions are met: 1. Mutation is not occurring 2. Natural selection is not occurring 3. The population is infinitely large 4. All members of the population breed 5. All mating is totally random 6. Everyone produces the same number of offspring 7. There is no migration in or out of the population With their observations

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    POPULATION GENETICS (FRUITFLY) NAME: Christopher N. Anah CLASS: BIOL 2108L INSTRUCTOR: DR. JAMES BATTEY OVERVIEW: In this lab the Drosophila melanogaster fly species were used to do genetic test crosses. Students were taught how to manipulate phenotypes‚ collect data from F1 through the F4 generations‚ and analyze the results.INTRODUCTION: The basic principles of genetics are very often shared by a vast array of organisms. For that reason‚ it is usually only necessary to study the genetic

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    EFFECTS OF PREDATOR PREFERENCE AND POPULATION SIZE GENETIC VARIATION IN A BEETLE POPULATION NAME: Ivy Baaba Koufie STUDENT NUMBER: 212565669 LAB: N6 TA: Thomas Van Zuiden DATE: February 17th 2014 INTRODUCTION   The quantity and relative frequency of ales present in a population is known as Genetic Variation. It is essential for a population because without genetic variation there is a decline in fitness of a population which results in a decline in the ability

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    Genetic Drift

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    Genetic Drift There are two types of genetic drift‚ the bottleneck effect and the founder effect. Genetic drift is a term that refers to changes in allele frequencies. These changes happen by chance and cannot be predicted. Let’s look at both types of genetic drift. The first genetic drift type we will look at is the bottleneck effect. Genetic drift can affect real world organisms through a mechanism called a population bottleneck. This is when a large population is slashed and

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    Genetic Variation

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    The different genetic variation between plants and animals Aim: to see the similarities between the different breed in a species Genetic variation is what allows natural section and more importantly new alleles (a number of alternate forms of the genetic pool) to enter the population. By having different genetic combinations‚ those of a population reveal different traits which may or may not be to their benefit‚ in respects to their social and environmental interactions or surroundings. Because

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    genetic drift

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    Genetic Drift Genetic drift‚ also known as allelic drift‚ is the change in the number of gene variants‚ alleles‚ in a population because of random sampling. The allele frequency in a population is the fraction of the copies of one gene that share a specific form. The alleles in the offspring are a sample of gene variants in its parents. Chance plays a part in whether one survives and carries its genes on‚ or does not. Genetic drift may cause gene variants to disappear completely resulting in reduced

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    Genetic Drift Extinction

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    Description of how genetic variation and genetic drift affects extinction of various species. http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/9834092339/student_view0/chapter20/simulation_of_genetic_drift.html http://anthro.palomar.edu/synthetic/synth_5.htm Genetic drift has many factors that can be linked to the extinction of a species. Genetic drift is a change in allele frequency which can rise or fall over time. Genetic drift lowers genetic variation every generation. The strength genetic drift depends on

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    Nadia Blake Assignment 4_04 Factors in Genetic Diversity Genetic diversity is a critical factor in organic science. The higher the genetic diversity the more alleles are presented to a group according to Eldon Enger (2007). These alleles have a profound effect on many aspects of organic development. Genetic diversity effects mutations‚ sexual reproduction‚ migration‚ and even population size. Mutations cause new occurrences to happen in a population. Enger states that these occurrences can be

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