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22 Cards in this Set
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What are the assumptions of the Hardy-Weinberg Law?
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Large population
Random mating No mutation No migration No natural selection |
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What does the variable P stand for in the equation?
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frequency of dominant allele
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What does the variable Q stand for in the equation?
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frequency of the recessive allele
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What's a different way of saying 'Gene pool'?
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Total number of alleles
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How do you calculate the gene frequency?
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Alleles / total
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P^2 stands for?
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Frequency of homozygous dominant
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Q^2 stands for?
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frequency of homozygous recessive
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2PQ stands for?
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frequency of heterozygous
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Prokaryotic
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Lacking membrane-bound organelles
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Autotrophic
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make own food through photosynthesis
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Heterotrophic
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absorbing food
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Moneran Shapes
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baccilus--rod
coccus--round spirillum--spiral |
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Eukaryotic
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nucleos, ER, mitochondria, etc., membrane-bound organelles
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Biotic potential
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maximum population rate under ideal conditions
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Logistic growth is a result of?
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Carrying capacity and limiting factors
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Fecundity
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average number of offspring per female
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Survivorship (L) and Fecundity (B) equals?
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L x B = R, the net reproductive rate
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If R is equal to one?
Above one? Less than one? |
If it is equal, then it is staying the same
If it is greater, it is growing if it is smaller, then it is shrinking |
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Niche
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Specific ecological role
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Biotic
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Living factors:
Predators Competition for resources Finding mates |
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Abiotic
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Non-living factors:
Water supply Weather Environmental factors |
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Competitive Exclusion Principle
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If two species are in competition for the same resources, one can drive the other to extinction
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