Biology 1201A Study Guide - Final Guide: Genotype Frequency, Sympatric Speciation, Petri Dish

• School: Western University
• Department: Biology
• Course: Biology 1201A
• Professor: Richard Gardiner

Document Summary

The locus has two alleles, m and m. a genetic analysis of the population reveals that 60% of its gametes carry the m allele. What are they called: mutations, founder effects, polymorphisms, adaptive traits, an eastern european immigrant carrying the allele for tay-sachs disease settled in a small village on the st. lawrence river. Many generations later, the frequency of the allele in that village is statistically higher than it is in the immigrant"s homeland. Lamarck"s theory did not recognize adaptive change in response to the environment: darwin"s theory explains that change is a result of individuals with different traits producing different numbers of offspring for the next generation; Lamarck"s theory explains that change is a result of an individual adapting to its environment and passing those traits on to its offspring: darwin"s theory was an attempt to explain how change in populations/species could occur;