Population Genetics Quiz

Who proposed the first formalized and published theory of evolution called 'transformation'?

• Alfred Russel Wallace

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Robert Darwin

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

What is the founder of modern evolutionary theory known for?

• Developing the theory of natural selection

• Proposing the Malthusian theory of population

• Discovering the Hardy-Weinberg equation

• Conducting a world survey on H.M.S. Beagle

What is the best explanation for the distribution and abundance of different species in various regions of the world?

• Each region can support the fauna best adapted to it

• Introduced species have proved this explanation wrong

• Different floras and faunas are the result of independent evolution of separate populations

• The drive for complexity in living things

What is the name of the British mathematician who, along with a German physician, developed the Hardy-Weinberg equation?

• Charles Robert Darwin

• Wilhelm Weinberg

• Godfrey Hardy

• Alfred Russel Wallace

What is the condition necessary for the Hardy-Weinberg equation to predict unchanging allele and genotype frequencies in a population?

• Large population size

• Random mating

• No migration between populations

• All options are correct.

What is the term for the random change in allele frequencies attributable to chance?

• Natural selection

• Genetic drift

• Gene mutation

• Chromosome mutation

Genotype is the same as Phenotype

• True

• False

__________through his work on pea plants, discovered the fundamental laws of inheritance. He deduced that genes come in pairs and are inherited as distinct units, one from each parent.

• Gregor Medel

• Hardy Weinberg

• Charles Darwin

• Alfred Russel Wallace

p in p+q=1 stands for:

• Frequency of the recessive allele in the population

• Frequency of the dominant allele in the population

• Frequency of the heterozygous individuals.

• Percentage of homozygous dominant individuals.

Bottleneck effect is the same as Founders effect.

• True

• False