Population Genetics

Question 1

Locus

Answer 1

position of a genee on a chromosome

Question 2

Allele

Answer 2

one ciopy of a gene at a locus

Question 3

Punnett square

Answer 3

determine what the genotypes of the offspring will be in the next generation

Question 4

Null hypothesis

Answer 4

used in statistics, the hypothesis that there is no statistical significance between sets of given observations

Question 5

Evolution

Answer 5

changes in population allele or genotype frequencies over time

Question 6

Null hypothesis

Answer 6

no evolution is happening, there are no changes in allele or genotype frequencies over time.

Question 7

Genotype

Answer 7

pair of alles at a single locus, determines the phenotype

Question 8

Phenotype

Answer 8

expression pattern of a pair of alleles at a single locus, if under selection this determines the fitness

Question 9

fitness

Answer 9

success of an organism at suriving and reproducing, and this contributing

Question 10

heterozygote advantage

Answer 10

higher fitness than any homozygous phenotypes

Question 11

Addictive

Answer 11

intermediate phenotype and fitness