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Population Genetics
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The study of genetic changes in populations; the science of microevoltuonary changes in populations
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Modern Synthesis
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A comprheensice theory of evolution emphasizing natural selection, gradulaism, and populations as the fundemental units of evolutionary change; also called Neo-Darwinism
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Gene Pool
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The total aggregate of genes of a population at any one time.
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Hardy-Weinberg Theorem
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An axiom maintaining that the sexual shuffling of genes alone cannot alter the overall genetic makeup of a population
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Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
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The condition descriving a nonevolving population (one that is in genetic equilibrium)
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Microevolution
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A change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation.
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Genetic Drift
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Changes in the gene pol of a small population due to chance.
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Bottleneck Effect
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Genetic drift resulting from the reduction of a population, typically by a naturaldisaster, such that the surviving population is no longer genetically representative of the original population
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