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population and evolutionary genetics
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species
group of individuals able to reproduce
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population
a group of individuals belonging to the same species that live in a defined geographic location and actually or potentially interbreed
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gene pool
the genetic info carried by members of a population
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heterozygosity
most populations have a high degree of ______ and it is healthy (low means maybe go extinct)
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p+q =
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p^2 + 2pq + q^2 =
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heterozygosity
2pq is the frequency of _______
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homozygosity
p^2 or q^2 is the frequency of either dominant or recessive _________
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allelic
Next generation genotypic frequency is determined by ____ frequency
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aa
When you do not know if HWE or not, to find q take (2x number of __ + 1x number of heterozygotes) divided by (2 times total number)
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alleles
p and q are the frequency of the ____
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mutation
One cause of a change in allelic frequency is from ______. Can mutate in forward or backward direction, takes a __long__ time to actually change the frequency though.
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