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Vocabulary 16.1
Genetic Equilibrium
Term | Definition |
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Microevolution | A change in the collective genetic material of a population |
Population Genetics | The study of the frequency and interaction of alleles and genes in populations |
Bell Curve | On a graph of the frequency of some variable, a curve that first rises and then falls and thus forms a symmetric bell-shpaed curve |
Gene Pool | All of the genes of the reproductively active members of a population |
Allele Frequency | The proportion of gene copies in a population that are given allele, expressed as a percentage |
Phenotype Frequency | The ratio of individual's with a particular phenotype to the total number of individuals in a population |
Hardy-Weinberg Genetic Equilibrium | The principle that independently showed that genotype frequencies in a population tend to remain the same from generation to generation unless acted on by outside influences |