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| A severe reduction in the size of a population or the founding of a new population by a small percentage of the parent population that results in only some genes surviving and characterizing the descendant population. |
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| Populations within a species that are genetically isolated to some degree from other populations. |
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| Mutations of a whole chromosome or a large portion of a chromosome |
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| process of evolution that involves the splitting up of a population to form new populations. |
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| A process of evolution. Genetic differences between populations produced by the fact that genetically different individuals established (founded) those populations. |
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| A process of evolution. The genetic change caused when genes are passed to new generations in percentages unrepresentative of those of the parental generation. An example of sampling error. |
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| A process of evolution that involves the exchange of genes among populations through interbreeding. |
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| all alleles in a population |
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| Mutations of a single base of a codon. The mutation that causes sickle cell anemia is an example. |
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| When a sample chosen for study does not accurately represent the population from which the sample was taken. |
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| Scientists who classify and name living organisms. |
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| If one population is drawn from a small sample of a parental population such that the genetic variation changes, this is called |
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| Which two forces of evolution increases genetic variation within a population? |
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| Mutations in the genetic code are what? |
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