Genetic Diversity

Question 1

How can you assess genetic diversity?

Answer 1

-individuals of the same species will have the same genes at the same loci
-there can be differences between populations of the same species = increasing size of gene pool

Question 2

What is a gene pool?

Answer 2

-comprised of all the alleles of all the genes within a species

Question 3

What can you use to assess genetic diversity?

Answer 3

-proportion of polymorphic gene loci
-proportion of population that is heterozygous

Question 4

What is genetic polymorphism?

Answer 4

-when 2 or more alleles are present at a single gene loci

Question 5

What is monomorphic locus?

Answer 5

-doesn’t have multiple alleles

Question 6

What is polymorphic locus?

Answer 6

-has multiple alleles

Question 7

What is the proportion of polymorphic gene?

Answer 7

-the number of polymorphic gene loci/total number of loci investigated

Question 8

What are the limitations of polymorphic gene loci?

Answer 8

-proportion doesn’t illustrate allele richness of a species