What is a gene pool?
all of the alleles for every gene in a given population
What is population?
A group of individuals of the same species that occupy the same environment and can inter breed with one another
What is Polymorphism?
Many traits display variation within a population. Genes are usually polymorphic
What is polymorphism due to??
2 or more alleles that influence phenotype
What is a polymorphic gene?
gene with 2 or more alleles
What is a monomorphic gene?
A gene with predominately single allele
What do large healthy population have?
A high level of genetic diversity
What does population genetics focus on?
How genes behave in populations rather than individual matings
How does population use Mendelian principles?
to make predictions about outcomes in the population at large
Requirements for presence of an equilibrium in allele frequencies in a population
Mating is random, Population infinitely large, no mutation, no selection, no migration