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1
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what is used to measure discrete variation?

A

gene and genotype frequencies
Hardy-Weinberg castle which looks at gene and genotype frequencies as well as mating frequencies and derivation
binomial expansion

2
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what are the assumptions underlying HWC?

A

infinite pop size - no genetic drift
no selection
random mating
no mutation or migration etc

3
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what is used to measure continuous variation?

A

mulitple alleles and multiple genes
P = G + E and the basis for quantitative genetics
additive genetic variance and heritability
- mean p^2a - q^2a
- variance 2pqa^2
- heritability h^2 = Va/Vp

4
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who were the biometrical variation/darwins?

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Francis Galton, Karl Pearson, WER Weldon

5
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who were the mendelians and what did they do?

A

messed it all up

William Bateson and Hugo de Vries

6
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who were the reconciliationists in modern synthesis?

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sir ronald fisher, JBS Haldane and Sewell Wright

7
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Who were the empiricists in the modern synthesis?

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Ernst Mayr, E.B Ford, G.Gaylord Simpson and G. Ledyard Stabbins