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Evolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bottle Neck Effect | occurs when a small group survives a natural disaster and has a different gene pool that the original population |
| Founders Effect | a small group migrates away from the larger group: the gene pool is not the same as the original pool |
| Genetic drift | a change in the allele frequency NOT due to natural selection: it is random |
| Adaptive radiation | after mass extinction, certain species fill in empty spaces and flourish. |
| Mechanical isolation | separation of a species due to incompatibility of genetalia ex. Great Danes and Chihuahuas. |
| Homozygous lethal alleles | stay in the population due to heterozygous individuals |
| Gene pool | the combined alleles for all members of a population |
| Gene shuffling | genetic variation caused by segregation of alleles and crossing over during meiosis, along with sexual reproduction |