Question

We discussed several “forces” that can perturb populations from Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium. They each have several attributes with respect to how they impact populations and in what circumstances their effects are most powerful. Indicate which attribute(s) in the list below apply to each force (hint: each force may have more than one attribute & attributes may apply to more than one force).

Forces: Genetic drift, gene flow, natural selection, mutation, inbreeding

Attributes: More powerful in large populations, more powerful in small populations, random, adaptive, leads to heterozygote deficit, can cause populations to become differentiated, can cause populations to become similar, adds/maintains diversity, results in a loss of diversity

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Answer:

Forces	Attributes
Genetic drift	1. more powerful in small populations 2.random 3.can cause populations to become similar 4. results in a loss of diversity
Gene flow	1. More powerful in large populations 2. can cause populations to become differentiated 3. adds/maintains diversity
Natural Selection	1. More powerful in large populations 2.adaptive 3.can cause populations to become similar
Mutation	1. random 2. adds/maintains diversity 3. can cause populations to become differentiated
Inbreeding	1. leads to heterozygote deficit 2. results in a loss of diversity