QUESTIONS FOR RESEARCH AND PROBLEMS 1. Give the major factors that cause changes in the genotype and allele frequencies of a population through generations. Explain each.

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Chapter21: Microevolution: Genetic Changes Within Populations
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Problem 8TYK: If the genotype frequencies in a population are 0.60 AA, 0.20 Aa, and 0.20 aa, and if the...
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GENES IN POPULATION
QUESTIONS FOR RESEARCH AND PROBLEMS
1. Give the major factors that cause changes in the genotype and allele frequencies of a population through
generations. Explain each.
2. Consider the populations (1000 individuals) with the following genotypic frequencies:
Population
AA
Aa
aa
1
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
3
0.0
0.0
1.0
4
0.5
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.5
0.25
0.5
0.25
7
0.33
0.33
0.33
8
0.04
0.32
0.64
9.
0.64
0.32
0.04
10
0.986049
0.012902
0.000049
a. Which of the populations are in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? Show your solutions.
b. What are the p and q in each population?
2.
Transcribed Image Text:GENES IN POPULATION QUESTIONS FOR RESEARCH AND PROBLEMS 1. Give the major factors that cause changes in the genotype and allele frequencies of a population through generations. Explain each. 2. Consider the populations (1000 individuals) with the following genotypic frequencies: Population AA Aa aa 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 3 0.0 0.0 1.0 4 0.5 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.5 0.25 0.5 0.25 7 0.33 0.33 0.33 8 0.04 0.32 0.64 9. 0.64 0.32 0.04 10 0.986049 0.012902 0.000049 a. Which of the populations are in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? Show your solutions. b. What are the p and q in each population? 2.
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