Module 6: Genetics, Evolution and Ecosystems

6.1 – Genetics and Evolution

6.1.2 – Patterns of inheritance

EVOLUTION

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Factors affecting evolution
What is evolution?

List the 5 factors which lead 1.

to changes in the frequency of
alleles and therefore evolution 2.

3.

4.

5.

Explain what is meant by

genetic drift?
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Explain what is meant by
natural selection?

Population genetics
What does population genetics
investigate?

What is the result of genetic

diversity?

Give some examples of

selection pressures

Why are small populations

more likely to become extinct
than large populations if there
is a change to their
environment?

What are the 2 main types of

factor that can limit the size
of a population?

Distingiush between density

dependent and density
independent factors.
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What is a population
bottelneck?

What is the effect of a

population bottelneck?

Describe a poisitive aspect of

a population bottelneck?

Founder effect
Explain what is meant by the
founder effect.

What happens to rare alleles

during the founder effect?

Evolutionary forces
What is meant by a normal
distribution?

Stabilising selection
Explain what is meant by
stabilising selection
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Directional selection
Explain what occurs during
directional selection?

Describe and example of

directional selection.

Disruptive selection
Explain what is meant by
disruptive selection.

Describe an example of 1.
disruptive selection.
2.