BIOL359 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Florida Panther, Genetic Drift, Extinction Vortex
2 Oct 2018
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The final assumption of the hw analysis is that individuals in the population mate at random. Non-random mating does not, by itself, cause evolution. But, it can have profound indirect effects on evolution. The most common type of non-random mating inbreeding. Increases the frequency of homozygotes (; decreases the frequency of heterozygotes) compared to what is expected under hw assumptions. Data revealing a deficit of heterozygotes and an excess of homozygotes may be evidence of inbreeding. Inbreeding that is less extreme than selfing produces the same effect as selfing it increases the proportion of homozygotes but at a slower rate. Florida panther was a once abundant big cat that appeared to be destined for extinction. The cat was placed under the protection on the state of florida. It directl(cid:455) reduced the size of the cat"s population. It isolated the cat from other puma populations that it is closely related to.
