Mechanisms of Microevolution

Question 0

What is natural selection?

Answer 0

Individuals with inherited traits well suited in the environment leave more offspring than average.

Question 1

What are the mechanisms of micro evolution?

Answer 1

Natural selection, sexual selection, artificial selection, genetic drift, and gene flow.

Question 2

What are examples of natural selection?

Answer 2

1. Stabilizing selection (e.g. Birth weight of babies)
2. Directional selection (e.g. Pesticide resistance)
3. Disruptive selection (e.g. Leads to 2 distinct phenotypes within a population)@

Question 3

What is sexual selection?

Answer 3

Non random mating

Question 4

What is artificial selection?

Answer 4

Human breeders select traits from individuals with the same trait (milk producing cow)