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Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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Evolution

A

Change in allele frequency in a population over time

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2
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Natural selection

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unequal reproduction among individuals in a population based on phenotype

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3
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What are the five Hardy-Weinberg Assumptions?

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No natural selection
No mutation
No migration
No mate preference
No genetic drift

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4
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With the Hardy-Weinburg model there is ______________ in allele frequency in a population over time.

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NO change

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5
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What is the formula for Hardy-Weinburg?

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p^2+2pq+q^2=1

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6
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When population is infinite and no evolutionary mechanisms at play, alleles combine _______________ (and in proportions to their frequencies) to form zygotes of next generation

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randomly

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7
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Random mating is called

A

panmyxia

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8
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With pocket mice coloration was affected by the ________ locus

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Mc1R

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9
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The two alleles of the coloration of dark mice were D and d. Dd=_______________ and dd=_______________

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dark coats; light coats

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10
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Mismatch of light mice on dark substrate had survival of _______________

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60-98%

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11
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In pocket mice, selection was against ____________ allele

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d (light)

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12
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What is selection coefficient?

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Quantification of strength of natural selection

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13
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The larger the selection coefficient the ________________ the action of natural selection

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stronger

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14
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What was kuru?

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a disease of the fore people of Papua New Guinea (epidemic in the late 1950s)

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15
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1976 _______________________became co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his “discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases.”

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Carleton Gajdusek

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16
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What are the types of selection?

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frequency independent and frequency dependent

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17
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Frequency independent selection is:

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directional
overdominance (heterozygous advantage)
underdominance

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18
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Frequency dependent selection is:

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positive and negative frequency dependence

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19
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Directional selection is where

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one locus is favored over another

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20
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Overdominance:

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Has a heterozygous advantage
Maintains allelic diversity in populations

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21
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Underdominance:

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Selection against the heterozygote
Leads to fixation to one allele or the other depending on starting frequency

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22
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With frequency dependent selection the positive side-

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More common allele is at fitness advantage
Fixation is inevitable

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23
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With frequency dependent selection the negative side-

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Less common allele is at fitness advantage
Maintains allelic diversity in a population

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24
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Mutations are the ultimate source of ______________

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variation

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25
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Mutations are __________ and there is no way for them to _______ future needs of organisms or occur when organisms “need” them

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random; predict

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26
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Most mutations are neutral or at least slightly ____________

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deleterious

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27
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Mutation as a ____________________ is very slow, but it can be significant given enough time

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force of evolution

28
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Favorable mutations can quickly become fixed in a population via ___________________

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selection

29
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Cell size _____________ over generations, large jumps indicate dramatic advantage of new mutations

A

increase

30
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many mutations are deleterious, and we expect they well be eliminated by _________________

A

selection

31
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if selection pressure is ______, and mutation rate is ______ for deleterious allele, we might find it in population at higher than expected frequencies.

A

low; high

32
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If allele is recessive, this _________________________ (mutation selection balance) is expressed

A

equilibrium frequency

33
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What is the equation for equilibrium frequency?

A

q=√(μ/s)

μ = mutation rate, s = selection coefficient (small: no effect to large: highly deleterious)

34
Q

Spinal muscular atrophy results from loss-of-function alleles of the ________________

A

telSMN locus

35
Q

Assortative mating: preferential mating between individuals with ____________ phenotypes

A

SIMILAR

36
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Disassortative mating: preferential matings between individuals with ______________ phenotypes

A

DIFFERENT

37
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Inbreeding is:

A

assortive
alleles are identical by descent
(F statistic)

38
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Inbreeding depression causes

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Reduction in fitness due to matings between genetic relatives

More risk of bringing deleterious recessive mutations together

39
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Dissassortive mating involves

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Mate with different phenotype
Increases heterozygotes

40
Q

MHC preferences in humans involves

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Large chromosomal region (over 200 genes)
Highly polymorphic
Involved in immune recognition

41
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Migration is

A

Movement of alleles between population
Adults
Juveniles
Zygotes (seeds)
Gametes (pollen)

42
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Migration homogenzies involves

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With no opposing force (NS), migration tends to equalize allele frequencies

Example: Red bladder campion

43
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What is genetic drift?

A

Only completely random mechanism of evolution

44
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What does genetic drift result from?

A

random combination of alleles

45
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Without infinite population sizes, ___________ may not combine in their expected mathematical probabilities

A

gametes

46
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Genetic drift:

A

Deviations from expected frequencies due to chance effects in small populations

47
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Genetic drift results in

A

Alleles fluctuate over time (without NS)
Alleles become fixed/lost
Frequency of heterozygotes decreases
Different populations experience different changes in allele frequency producing divergence

48
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What are the two types of genetic drift?

A

Founder effect
Bottleneck

49
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___________ populations experience more drift

A

Smaller

50
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What is heterozygosity?

A

measure of variation in the population

51
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What is OBSERVED heterozygosity?

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fraction of individuals in a population who are heterozygotic at a particular loci

52
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What is EXPECTED heterozygosity?

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using allele frequencies from population, the fraction of heterozygotes predicted under H-W model

53
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Wright-Fisher Model

A

predicts loss of heterozygosity by a factor of 1/2N with N as population size

54
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Rate of loss is _____________ proportional to population size

A

inversely

55
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What describes an effective population size?

A

Uneven sex ratio
Age structure
Fluctuations in pop size

56
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Microsatellites

A

Act as selectively neutral, highly variable alleles

57
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Selection strong and population large: ______________________more of a force

A

natural selection

58
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Selection week and population small: _________________ is more of a force

A

genetic drift

59
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Genetic drift __________ the probability of identity by descent over time

A

increases

60
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phenotypic plasticity

A

Genotype different phenotypes in different environments (reaction norm)

61
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What are some types of mutations?

A

Point mutations
Indels
Gene duplication
Inversions
Genome duplication

62
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What type of mutations affect alleles?

A

point mutations
Indels–insertion deletions

63
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What mutation affects genes?

A

gene duplication (polyploidy) (unequal crossing over, retroduplication (pseudogene)

64
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What mutation affects chromosomes?

A

Inversions
Genome Duplication

65
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What were the two hypotheses of the Luria Delbruck Experiment?

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1.environment induced–equal distribution of resistance across cultures
2.spontaneous–unequal distribution

66
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What did the Luria Delbruck experiment include?

A

Culture E. coli in a tubes with non selective media
Split into separate cultures and then grew on agar plates with a bacteriophage

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