hardy weinberg topic

Question 1

what is necessary in organisms for them to be able to survive and not go extinct

Answer 1

genotype and allele variation in the gene pool

Question 1

what does the equation study

Answer 1

calculates allele frequencies in populations

Question 2

what is the gene pool

Answer 2

collection of genes in a population of species

Question 3

what factors affect the variation of genes and alleles in a gene pool/ allele frequencies/ genetic diversity in a gene pool

Answer 3

migration
mutation rate
natural selection
genetic bottle neck
founder effect
genetic drift
gene flow

Question 4

what are his two equations

Answer 4

p+q=1

p2+2pq+q2=1

Question 5

what do p and q stand for

Answer 5

p- dominant allele

q- recessive allele

Question 6

what does the p2 mean

Answer 6

homozygous dominant (dominant x dominant)

Question 7

what does the q2 mean

Answer 7

homozygous recessive

Question 8

what is a population

Answer 8

members of a species living in the same place and time which can interbreed to produce fertile offspring