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Z BIOL 7 Genetics, populations, evolution and ecosystems

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17.1 Studying inheritance
Define genotype,
What does the genotype describe,
Define phenotype
10  cards
17.2 Monohybrid Inheritance
What is monohybrid inheritance
1  cards
17.3 Probability and genetic crosses
Why do results of genetic crosses...,
How to increase likelihood of res...,
How to calculate ratio
3  cards
17.4 Dihybrid inheritance
Foil,
Dihybrid inheritance is,
Punnet square for dihybrid inheri...
3  cards
17.5 Codominance and multiple alleles
Codominance is when,
Multiple alleles is when,
Example of codominance
7  cards
17.6 Sex linkage
Sex chromosomes in females,
Sex chromosomes in males,
All female gametes contain
10  cards
17.7 Autosomal linkage
What are autosomes,
Autosomal linkage is when,
Autosomal linkage means
3  cards
17.8 Epistasis
0  cards
17.9 the chi squared (x2) test
0  cards
18.1 Population genetics
Define gene pool,
Define allelic frequency,
What is the hardy weinberg principle
6  cards
18.2 variation in phenotype
What 3 genetic factors create var...,
How do mutations create variation,
How does meiosis create variation
6  cards
18.4 effects of different forms of selection on evolution
Describe stabilising selection,
Describe directional selection,
Describe disruptive selection
8  cards
18.5 isolation and speciation
What is speciation,
Definition of species,
Adaptive radiation
9  cards
19.1 Populations and ecosystems
Define environment,
Define biotic,
Define abiotic
14  cards
18. 3 Natural selection
Define gene pool,
Define selection pressure,
What does natural selection depen...
6  cards
19.2 Variation in population size
Why is logarithmic scale is neces...,
Abiotic factors that influence th...,
How does temperature influence po...
7  cards
19.3 Competition
What is intraspecific competition,
How does availability of resource...,
What is interspecific competition
6  cards
19.4 Predation
What is meant by predation,
How does the predator prey relati...,
Other reasons for fluctuation in ...
3  cards
19.5 investigating populations
Factorsthe size of the quadrat to...,
Factors the number of sample quad...,
Factors the position of each quad...
10  cards
19.6 Succession
Define succesion,
Define climax community,
How might a new species change th...
9  cards
19.7 Conservation of habitats
What is meant by conservation,
How an managing succession help t...,
Reasons for conservation
3  cards

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