BI111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 67: Panmixia, Inbreeding Depression, Allele Frequency

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Populations are made up of a group interacting and interbreeding members of the same species. Determining whether a gene is evolving in a population. Traits: properties controlled by different alleles of genes (genotypes) and are expressed as characteristics (phenotypes) Genotypes are the genetic makeup of an individuals and can be examined for each specific character (ex. fur colour) Alleles are many different alternate forms of a gene. Genetic locus: specific location of the gene on the chromosome. Gene pool: refers to every unique allele at every locus for the whole population: ex. Peas have 2 alleles for flower color (one coding for purple and one coding for white) Diploid organisms have 2 copies of most genes, they have 2 alleles for those genes (one from each parent) Mendel found that the allele for purple flowers (p) was dominant to the white flowers (p) Allele frequency is the proportion of a given allele at a specific locus in a population.

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