Florida International University

BIO 3063

19.1Population Genetics

1)What are polymorphisms?

2. How is a population polymorphic?
3. What is genetic variance?
4. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
5. What do scientists in a zoo try to do with their breeding programs?
6. What occurs is a family of carriers begins to interbreed with each other?
7. Describe genetic drift.
8. What size population is more susceptible to the forces of genetic drift?
9. What type of natural events can magnify genetic drift?
10. How does the founder effect occur as part of genetic drift?