If a population is in Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium, then we know that population: (check all that apply) O Is not experiencing Mutation Is not experiencing Natural Selection Is not experiencing Stability Is not experiencing Migration

Below is a plot of genotype frequencies in a population. Assuming the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, what is the probability that any given individual will have the m allele? 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 BB Bb bb

You study a group of wombats for your honours thesis. You find in your very large population samples a non-synonymous mutation at intermediate frequency (p = 0.45). After years of work, you find that both alleles (the mutant and the non-mutant) are maintained in the population. Whose theory is your %3D work MOST CONSISTENT with? The Balance School of Ford and Dobzhansky Lamarck's inheritance of acquired characteristics Haldane's theory on mutation-selection balance Kimura's Neutral Theory

Which of the following are factors that can impact genetic variation in a population? (Select all that apply.) Lack of natural selection Random mating Mutation | Migration

1)  In smurfs, blue tails are dominant to red tails.  You observe the following distribution in a smurf population: 214 blue tailed individuals genotype BB 37 blue tailed individuals genotype Bb 19 red tailed individuals genotype bb Is this population in HW equilibrium for the blue tail gene?  Show your work.  If the population is not in HW equilibrium, what might me causing the disequilibrium?

Discuss, using relevant examples, the following factors that affect Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and thus shape diversity in a population: i) Natural selection, ii) Genetic drift; and iii) Migration

What does Hardy-Weinberg test?   The robustness of a population Whether a population is evolving How many alleles are in the gene pool The proportion of fitness in the population

Selection at one locus acts to locally maximize mean population fitness if:     The population size is constant     Selection is frequency independent     The population is increasing in size     Selection is frequency dependent     The marginal fitness values are equal

Under which of the following scenarios would variation be maintained? Selection acting on a dominant high fitness allele Selection acting on a recessive high fitness allele Selection favoring heterozygotes Selection acting against heterozygotes None of the above