are any change in the nucleotide sequence of an organism’s DNA. These mutations Mutations provide the raw material from which new traits may arise and be selected. What occurs in a point mutation? What is How could it be beneficial? translocation? How does occur? How might it play a role in evolution? gene duplication Much of the genetic variation that makes evolution possible comes through sexual reproduction. What are the three mechanisms by which sexual reproduction shuffles existing alleles? Concept 23.2 The equation can be used to test whether a population is evolving What is a population? What is a gene pool? The greater the number of alleles, the lower the species’ diversity. What does it mean to say that an allele is fixed? The is used to describe a population that is evolving. What does principle not this principle state?
Mutations are any change in the nucleotide sequence of an organism’s DNA. These mutations provide the raw material from which new traits may arise and be selected. What occurs in a point mutation? What is translocation? How could it be beneficial? How does gene duplication occur? How might it play a role in evolution? Much of the genetic variation that makes evolution possible comes through sexual reproduction. What are the three mechanisms by which sexual reproduction shuffles existing alleles? Concept 23.2 The equation can be used to test whether a population is evolving What is a population? What is a gene pool? The greater the number of alleles, the lower the species’ diversity. What does it mean to say that an allele is fixed? The principle is used to describe a population that is not evolving. What does this principle state?
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