11.5 Calculating Genetic Biodiversity

Question 1

Gene flow

Answer 1

When an individual migrates from one population and breeds with a member of another population alleles are transferred between two populations

Question 2

Selective breeding

Answer 2

Artificial selection. Where a few individuals of a population are bred due to advantageous characteristics.

Question 3

Genetic bottleneck

Answer 3

Where a small fraction of individuals of a population survive an event. Reduces the gene pool as only the surviving alleles can be passed on

Question 4

Founder effect

Answer 4

Small number of individuals create a new colony. New gene pool is isolated and therefore small

Question 5

Genetic drift

Answer 5

Change in frequency of an existing allele in the population due to random chance

Question 6

Polymorphic gene

Answer 6

Gene that has multiple alleles. Opposite of polymorphic is monomorphic