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Evolution of Populations Flashcards

1
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Evolution occurs in _______ NOT _________

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Evolution occurs in populations NOT individuals

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Genetic basis of evolution

Biological species

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group of similar individuals who mate + produce viable fertile offspring

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Geographic variation

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change in the genetic composition of separate populations

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Population

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group of individuals of the same species living in the same geographical area

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Individuals of a population generally have the same number + type of genes
what’s different?

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Some variation due to environment, some due to heredity

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Population genetics

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science that studies the process of microevolution

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Microevolution

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Exchange in the genetic makeup of a population from generation to generation

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Gene pool

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All copies of every type of allele at every locus in all members of the population

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Allelic frequency

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The % of alleles in a gene pool

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The Hardy-Weinberg Principle:

Compare the scenario with data from a real population

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  • If there are no differences → real population is not evolving
  • If there are differences → suggests real population may be evolving
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Genotype frequency

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the proportion of a particular genotype in the population

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The Hardy-Weinberg Principle

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  • One way to assess if natural selection or other factors are causing evolution at a particular locus
  • Determine what the genetic makeup of a population would be if it were not evolving at that locus
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If allele frequency changes over generations → __________

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If allele frequency changes over generations → evolution is occurring

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Factors causing microevolution

(5)

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  1. Mutations (random mechanism)
  2. Sexual recombination (random mechanism)
  3. Natural selection (adaptive, non-random)
  4. Genetic drift (random mechanism)
  5. Gene flow (random mechanism)
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Mutation

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change in the nucleotide sequence of an organism’s DNA

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where do most mutations occur

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  • Most mutations occur in somatic cells + lost when individual dies
  • Only mutations in gametes can be passed onto offspring
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Mutation rate

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tend to be low in animal in plants + more rapid in microorganism

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Mutation

Change from generation to generations

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Change from generation to generations is very small

19
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Sexual recombination importance

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In sexually reproducing populations→ sexual recombination is far more important than mutations in producing genetic differences that make adaptation possible

20
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Sexual recombination

Change from generation to generation

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Change from generation to generation → very small
Mostly reshuffling

21
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Genetic drift

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random evolutionary change in a population

22
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Genetic drift

More likely in a ________ population

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More likely in a small population than in a large population

23
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Genetic drift

Describes how allele frequencies can ___________

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Describes how allele frequencies can fluctuate unpredictably from one generation to the next

24
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what am I

Alleles may be eliminated from population purely by chance Regardless of beneficial or harmful

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Genetic drift

25
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Genetic drift

Decreases genetic variation ______ a population
Increases genetic differences ________ populations

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Decreases genetic variation within a population
Increases genetic differences among different populations

26
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The bottleneck effect

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  • A sudden change in the environment (fire) can drastically reduce side
  • By chance alone, certain alleles may be overrepresented, others underrepresented
27
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what am I

Major factor altering allele frequencies

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Genetic drift + Gene flow

28
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Genetic drift will continue to change the gene pool until what

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Genetic drift will continue to change the gene pool until the population is large enough to eliminate the effect of chance fluctuations

29
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The founder effect

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  • Occurs when a few individuals become isolated from a larger population
  • Small fraction of population establishes a new colony + Bring with them only small fraction of genetic variability of OG
30
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Gene flow

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  • Results from the movement of fertile individuals
  • Migration of breeding individuals → movement of alleles
31
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what am I

May cause a population to lose alleles (loose genetic variability) and others to gain some (increase genetic variability)

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Gene flow

32
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what does gene flow counter

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Counters genetic drift and natural selection, and microevolution

33
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what am I

Only mechanism that consistently causes adaptive evolution

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Natural selection

34
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Natural seleciton Can alter the frequency distribution of heritable traits in 3 ways:

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  1. Directional selection
  2. Distributive selection
  3. Stabilizing selection
34
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Evolution by natural selection is a blend of chance and “sorting:

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  • Chance → creation of new genetic variation (mutation)
  • Sorting → favors some alleles over others
34
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Directional selection

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shifts over makeup of population by factoring variants at one extreme of the distribution

35
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Natural selection = _________

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Natural selection = adaptive evolution

36
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Distributive selection

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favors variants at both ends of the distribution

37
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Natural selection leads to adaptation, but the process __________

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Natural selection leads to adaptation, but the process does not involve trying

37
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Sexual selection shuffles existing alleles + deals them at random

3 processes

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  • Crossing over
  • Independent assortment
  • Random fertilization
38
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Stabilizing selection

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removes extreme variants from the population and prevents intermediate types

39
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Natural selection and sexual reproduction

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In organisms that reproduce sexually → most genetic variation results from the unique combination of alleles that each individual receives

40
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natural selection + intentions

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NS has no intentions or senses → can’t sense what a species needs

41
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NS cannot fashion perfect organisms

4 reasons why

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  1. Evolution is limited by historical constraints
  2. Adaptations are often compromises
  3. Not all evolution is adaptive
  4. Selection mostly only edits existing variations
42
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Adaptations are often compromises

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  • Organisms are often faced with conflicting situations that prevent an organism from perfecting any one feature for a particular situations
  • Changing one feature for the better might change another for the worse
43
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Not all evolution is adaptive

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Chance affects the genetic structure of populations

44
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Selection mostly only edits existing variations

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Selection favors only the fittest variations from those traits that are available
New generations do not arise on demand

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