Inheritance, selection and speciation Flashcards

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What is a gene?

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A sequence of bases on a DNA molecule that codes for a polypeptide which results in a characteristic

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What is an allele?

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Different version of the same gene

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What is meant by genotype?

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The genetic composition of an organism

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What is meant by phenotype?

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The expression of genotype in an organism and it’s interaction with the environment

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What is meant by a dominant allele?

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It is always expressed in the phenotype of an organism

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What is meant by a recessive allele?

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An alleles whose characteristic will only appear in the phenotype if two copies are present- homozygous recessive

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What are co-dominant alleles?

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Alleles that are both expressed in the phenotype and neither one is recessive

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What is meant by homozygous?

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Two copies of the same allele , either dominant or recessive

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What is meant by heterozygous?

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When an organism carries two different alleles, usually one dominant and one recessive and can often be described as a “carrier”

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What are gametes?

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Sex cells i.e. egg and sperm. They only contain one allele for each gene

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What is monohybrid inheritance?

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The inheritance of a single characteristic/gene controlled by different alleles

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What sex chromosomes do female mammals have?

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XX

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What sex chromosomes do male mammals have?

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XY

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How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have?

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23

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What is the name given to genes/ alleles found on either the X or Y chromosome?

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Sex linked

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What is meant by a species?

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A group of similar organisms that can breed together to produce fertile offspring

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What is meant by the gene pool?

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The range of alleles present within a population of a species

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What is meant by allele frequency?

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How often an allele occurs in a population

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What are the equations of the Hardy Weinburg equations?

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p² + 2pq + q² = 1

P + q = 1

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What can the Hardy Weinburg equations

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Allele and genotype frequency , percentage of population with a certain genotype

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What does each part of the Hardy Weinburg principle mean?

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P = frequency of dominant allele
Q = frequency of recessive allele
2PQ = frequency of heterozygous genotype 
p² = frequency of homozygous dominant genotype 
q² = frequency of homozygous recessive genotype
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What does the Hardy Weinburg principal predict?

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The proportion of dominant and recessive alleles of any gene in a population remains the same from one generation to the next, provided certain conditions are met

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What conditions does the Hardy Weinburg equations need to meet?

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  • No mutations
  • population is isolated
  • no selection of any sort
  • population is large
  • random mating occurs
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What is meant by selection?

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Process that results in the best-adapted organisms in a population to survive, breed and pass on their favourable alleles to the next generation

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What is a selection pressure?

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The environmental force altering the frequency of alleles in a populations gene pool

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What is a major cause in changes of allele frequencies in a population?

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Gene mutations

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What are the different types of selection?

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Natural , stabilising and directional

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What is stabilising selection?

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The individuals with alleles for characteristics towards the middle of the range are more like to breed and produce ( peak part of a graph)

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What is directional selection?

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Individuals with alleles for characteristics of an extreme phenotype are more likely to survive and reproduce, can be in response to an environmental change ( graph shifts to left or right)

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When does stabilising selection occur?

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When environmental conditions remain constant

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What is speciation and when does it occur?

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Formation of new species from an existing species, occurs when populations of the same species become isolated in some way I.e. Reproductively or geographically