BIO152H5 Study Guide - Genetic Variation, Zygosity, Phenotype

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Describe how genetic variation makes evolution possible, main point: we can"t have evolution without heritable traits. Genetic variation among individuals is caused by differences in genes or other dna segments. Phenotype is product of inherited genotype and environmental influences. Natural selection can only act on variation with a genetic component. Position: use the hardy-weinberg equation test whether a population is evolving p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1 p + q = 1. A and a p is the frequency of the a allele q is the frequency of the. a allele p2 represents the frequency of the homozygous genotype aa q2 represents the frequency of the homozygous genotype aa. 2pq represents the frequency of the heterozygous genotype aa. The sum of the allele frequencies for all the alleles at the locus must be 1, so p + q = 1. Practise problems: http://www. k-state. edu/parasitology/biology198/hardwein. html: describe conditions of the hardy-weinberg equilibrium.

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