Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium

Question 1

what does it sayq

Answer 1

the frequency of alleles will stay the same throughout generations if a population is stable and in genetic equilibruim

Question 2

five conditions for HW equilibruim

Answer 2

1) large breeding population
2) no immigrants/emigrants
3) no change in allelic frequency
4) random mating
5) no natural selection

Question 3

what is a population bottleneck?

Answer 3

sharp reduction in size of pop due to random event (envionmental or human activities)

Question 4

what is the founder effect?

Answer 4

the loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a small # of individuals

Question 5

what is the HWequation

Answer 5

P^2+2pq+q^2=1

Question 6

what does p represent

Answer 6

frequency of dominant allele

Question 7

q=

Answer 7

frequency of recessive allele

Question 8

p^2

Answer 8

frequency of homo dominant genotype (AA)

Question 9

q^2

Answer 9

frequency of homo recessive genotype (aa)

Question 10

2pq=

Answer 10

frequency of heterozygous genotype (Aa)