What kind of isolation occurs when two populations of birds have different courtship dances?

A measure of how commonly a particular allele occurs when in a population

The more genetic variation a population has, the more likely it is that some indivisuals will

Genetic variation can arise from a random change in the DNA of a gene. This change is called

What is the observable change in the allele frequencies of a population over time is called

A poplution that is not undergoing natural selection displays what type of distribution

Natural selection that changes the distribution of a trait to favor one extreme phenotype is called

In stabilizing selection, what occurs in a population

The intermediate phenotype becomes more common.

A population that is not undergoing natural selection displays what type of distribution?

In a poplution of birds, intermediate beak size is selected against, and both very small and very large beak sizes are favored. What type of selection is this an example of

Chance changes in allele frequencies within a population are called

A small number of birds, blown off course during migration, find an island and colonize it. This poplulation will most likely experience genetic drift as a result of the

Fighting between male elephant seals over females is an example of

What increases genetic variation when animals move from one population to another population?

A problem in all populations influenced by the bottleneck effect is that

Genetic variation is lost

Which of the following conditions could mean that a population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

The Hardy-Weinberg equation is used to

predict genotype frequencies in a population.

The five factors that can lead to evolution are gene flow, genetic drift, mutation, natural selection, and...

Mutations are important because they bring about

genetic variation needed for a population to evolve.

Which of the following statements applies to real populations?

Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is rare.

The rise of two or more species from one exsisting species

An earthquake causes an ocean channel to open up on an island where a low area previously exsisted. The island's lizard population in now separated on the two parts of the island, providing examples of

Which of the following examples illustrates a temporal barrier to mating between populations

What kind of isolation occurs when two populations of birds have different courtship dances

Which of the following processes is considered to be random

The Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean have varied habitats. Divergent evolution is occuring on these islands, meaning that the species that live there

Closely related species envolve in different directions

The total and permanent disapperance of a species from Earth is called

The combined alleles of all the indivisuals in a population is called the

What are two main sources of genetic variation

Mutation and recombination

What type of selection occurs when indivisuals in a population with the intermediate phenotype are selected for

When a few indivisuals start a new colony it most likely results in

The movement of alleles from one to population to another is called

Reproductive isolation occurs when

Members of isolated populations are either no longer able to mate

What type of isolation occurs when the timing of reproduction is different between two populations

Coevolution is a process in which species

envolve in response to change in each other

Two species that are closely related become increasingly different through

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In a study of behavioral isolating mechanisms existing between light- and dark-phase Western Grebes (Aechmophorus occidentalis) in two sympatric populations near the Oregon-California border, opposite-sexed birds nearly always chose to display with members of their own color phase. Males of opposite phase, however, frequently engaged in mutual display sequences to attract females. Film analysis revealed no color-phase divergences in form, duration, or sequential ordering of the many visual courtship displays. There were differences, however, in "Advertising," a call used to attract potential mates prior to the pair formation sequences. Dark-phase birds had calls with two notes ("cree-creet"), while light-phase birds had one-noted calls ("creeet"). In playback experiments, courting males of the two color phases readily distinguished the two call-types and only approached or answered female calls of their own phase. This response reversed when an artificial gap was spliced into the light-phase stimulus calls. Films of feeding dives by birds of each color phase also suggested differences that may relate to mean diving depth and hence ecological segregation of the two morphs. When the same playback experiments were repeated in a region of dark-phase allopatry (Manitoba), however, courting males showed very poor discrimination. This suggests that the high degree of segregation in sympatry possibly results from a learning process, whereby individuals rapidly sharpen their discriminative abilities by association.

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What type of isolation occurs when two populations have different courtship dances?

Behavioural isolation - occurs when two species respond to different specific courtship patterns. Geographic isolation - occurs when two populations of the same species or breeding group are separated by a physical barrier, such as a mountain or body of water.

What can change genetic variation when animals move from one population to another population?

Animals experience gene flow when individuals leave a family group or herd to join other populations. The flow of individuals in and out of a population introduces new alleles and increases genetic variation within that population.

What is genetic drift bottleneck effect?

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.

Is the movement of alleles from one population to another due to migration followed by mating?

Genetic drift is the change in the frequency of a gene variant (allele) in a population due to random mating of individuals or chance events.