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What does photosynthesis produce that is a carbohydrate? 2. What would increase the rate of photosynthesis and lead to the production of more glucose? 3. What is the green pigment that allows green plants to absorb light? 4. During photosynthesis, hydrogen ions are most directly used to do what in the chloroplast? .
theory that states that all organisms are made of cells, all cells are produced by other living cells, and the cell is the most basic unit of life. jellylike substance inside cells that contains molecules and in some cells organelles. membrane-bound structure that is specialized to perform a distinct process within a cell.
Evolution. A change over time. Modern organisms have descended from ancient ones. adaptations. traits that allow an organism to be best suited for its environment. variation. all members of a population have slight differences. Natural selection. When the environment determines which traits are favorable and likely to get passed on.
Bottleneck effect occurs when a population suddenly gets much smaller. This might happen because of a natural disaster such as a forest fire. By chance, allele frequencies of the survivors may be different from those of the original population. Founder effect occurs when a few individuals start, or found, a new population. By chance, allele ...
- Overview
- Key points
- Introduction
- What is genetic drift?
- Genetic drift example
- Population size matters
- Allele benefit or harm doesn't matter
- The bottleneck effect
- The founder effect
- Summary
Evolution due to chance events. The bottleneck effect and founder effect.
•Genetic drift is a mechanism of evolution in which allele frequencies of a population change over generations due to chance (sampling error).
•Genetic drift occurs in all populations of non-infinite size, but its effects are strongest in small populations.
•Genetic drift may result in the loss of some alleles (including beneficial ones) and the fixation, or rise to 100% frequency, of other alleles.
•Genetic drift can have major effects when a population is sharply reduced in size by a natural disaster (bottleneck effect) or when a small group splits off from the main population to found a colony (founder effect).
Natural selection is an important mechanism of evolution. But is it the only mechanism? Nope! In fact, sometimes evolution just happens by chance.
In population genetics, evolution is defined as a change in the frequency of alleles (versions of a gene) in a population over time. So, evolution is any shift in allele frequencies in a population over generations – whether that shift is due to natural selection or some other evolutionary mechanism, and whether that shift makes the population better-suited for its environment or not.
Genetic drift is change in allele frequencies in a population from generation to generation that occurs due to chance events. To be more exact, genetic drift is change due to "sampling error" in selecting the alleles for the next generation from the gene pool of the current generation. Although genetic drift happens in populations of all sizes, its...
Let's make the idea of drift more concrete by looking at an example. As shown in the diagram below, we have a very small rabbit population that's made up of 8 brown individuals (genotype BB or Bb) and 2 white individuals (genotype bb). Initially, the frequencies of the B and b alleles are equal.
What if, purely by chance, only the 5 circled individuals in the rabbit population reproduce? (Maybe the other rabbits died for reasons unrelated to their coat color, e.g., they happened to get caught in a hunter’s snares.) In the surviving group, the frequency of the B allele is 0.7 , and the frequency of the b allele is 0.3 .
In our example, the allele frequencies of the five lucky rabbits are perfectly represented in the second generation, as shown at right. Because the 5 -rabbit "sample" in the previous generation had different allele frequencies than the population as a whole, frequencies of B and b in the population have shifted to 0.7 and 0.3 , respectively.
[Do allele frequencies always match the sample?]
Larger populations are unlikely to change this quickly as a result of genetic drift. For instance, if we followed a population of 1000 rabbits (instead of 10 ), it's much less likely that the b allele would be lost (and that the B allele would reach 100% frequency, or fixation) after such a short period of time. If only half of the 1000 -rabbit population survived to reproduce, as in the first generation of the example above, the surviving rabbits (500 of them) would tend to be a much more accurate representation of the allele frequencies of the original population – simply because the sample would be so much larger.
[Why would this be the case?]
Genetic drift, unlike natural selection, does not take into account an allele’s benefit (or harm) to the individual that carries it. That is, a beneficial allele may be lost, or a slightly harmful allele may become fixed, purely by chance.
A beneficial or harmful allele would be subject to selection as well as drift, but strong drift (for example, in a very small population) might still cause fixation of a harmful allele or loss of a beneficial one.
The bottleneck effect is an extreme example of genetic drift that happens when the size of a population is severely reduced. Events like natural disasters (earthquakes, floods, fires) can decimate a population, killing most individuals and leaving behind a small, random assortment of survivors.
The allele frequencies in this group may be very different from those of the population prior to the event, and some alleles may be missing entirely. The smaller population will also be more susceptible to the effects of genetic drift for generations (until its numbers return to normal), potentially causing even more alleles to be lost.
How can a bottleneck event reduce genetic diversity? Imagine a bottle filled with marbles, where the marbles represent the individuals in a population. If a bottleneck event occurs, a small, random assortment of individuals survive the event and pass through the bottleneck (and into the cup), while the vast majority of the population is killed off (remains in the bottle). The genetic composition of the random survivors is now the genetic composition of the entire population.
[Example: Elephant seals recently experienced a population bottleneck caused by humans]
The founder effect is another extreme example of drift, one that occurs when a small group of individuals breaks off from a larger population to establish a colony. The new colony is isolated from the original population, and the founding individuals may not represent the full genetic diversity of the original population. That is, alleles in the founding population may be present at different frequencies than in the original population, and some alleles may be missing altogether. The founder effect is similar in concept to the bottleneck effect, but it occurs via a different mechanism (colonization rather than catastrophe).
In the figure above, you can see a population made up of equal numbers of squares and circles. (Let’s assume an individual’s shape is determined by its alleles for a particular gene).
Random groups that depart to establish new colonies are likely to contain different frequencies of squares and circles than the original population. So, the allele frequencies in the colonies (small circles) may be different relative to the original population. Also, the small size of the new colonies means they will experience strong genetic drift for generations.
[Example: Ellis-van Creveld syndrome shows the founder effect in a human population]
Unlike natural selection, genetic drift does not depend on an allele’s beneficial or harmful effects. Instead, drift changes allele frequencies purely by chance, as random subsets of individuals (and the gametes of those individuals) are sampled to produce the next generation.
Every population experiences genetic drift, but small populations feel its effects more strongly. Genetic drift does not take into account an allele’s adaptive value to a population, and it may result in loss of a beneficial allele or fixation (rise to 100% frequency) of a harmful allele in a population.
The founder effect and the bottleneck effect are cases in which a small population is formed from a larger population. These “sampled” populations often do not represent the genetic diversity of the original population, and their small size means they may experience strong drift for generations.
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in the mitochondria of all eukaryotic cells. What is the product of cellular respiration? energy molecules (ATP) cellular respiration equation. C6H12O6+6O2---> 6CO2+6H2O+ATP. aerobic. requires oxygen, produces 36 ATP. anaerobic. oxygen not present, only produces 4 ATP, net ATP is 2.
Jan 15, 2021 · Definition. Natural selection is a pressure that causes groups of organisms to change over time. Animals inherit their genetics from their parents or ancestors, and the environment is constantly changing. So, no organism is perfectly adapted to its environment. Thus, natural selection is constantly influencing the evolution of species.
