Genetic Variation: Responsible Factors
About the Lecture
The lecture Genetic Variation: Responsible Factors by Georgina Cornwall, PhD is from the course Population Genetics. It contains the following chapters:
- Factors Responsible for Genetic Variation
- Mutation
- Natural Selection
- Gene Flow
- Genetic Drift - Founder Effect
Included Quiz Questions
Which of the following statements regarding mating in genetics is TRUE?
- Positive assortative mating is more prevalent.
- Negative assortative mating is more prevalent.
- Positive assortative mating refers to mating between mates with opposite characteristics.
- Negative assortative mating refers to mating between mates with similar characteristics.
- Assortative mating is also referred to as random mating.
Consanguinity is defined as which of the following?
- In-family mating
- Out-of-family mating
- Mating with someone born on the same continent
- Negative assortative mating
- Random mating
Which of the following terms describes when one allele moves from one population to another population through immigration and emigration?
- Gene flow
- Genetic drift
- Founder effect
- Bottleneck effect
- Natural selection
Which of the following terms describes a situation where having one mutant allele gives a person a favorable phenotype over a person with two wild-type or two mutant-type alleles?
- Heterozygote advantage
- Recessive advantage
- Dominant advantage
- Homozygote advantage
- Founder effect
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Author of lecture Genetic Variation: Responsible Factors
Georgina Cornwall, PhD
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