AP Biology: Unit 7 comprehensive
Questions and Answers with Verified
Solutions
Question 1:
directional selection
Answer:
one of the extremes are favored
Question 2:
disruptive selection
Answer:
both of the extremes are favored
Question 3:
stabilizing selection
,Answer:
the majority is favored
Question 4:
heterozygote advantage
Answer:
since you have both alleles, you can pass on the favorable one to your
offspring so they will be successful
Question 5:
sexual selection
, Answer:
natural selection arising through preference by one sex for certain
characteristics in individuals of the other sex
Question 6:
genetic flow
Answer:
transfer of alleles or genes from one population to another, migration and
emigration can causes this
Question 7:
genetic drift
Answer:
A change in the allele frequency of a population as a result of chance
events rather than natural selection.
Questions and Answers with Verified
Solutions
Question 1:
directional selection
Answer:
one of the extremes are favored
Question 2:
disruptive selection
Answer:
both of the extremes are favored
Question 3:
stabilizing selection
,Answer:
the majority is favored
Question 4:
heterozygote advantage
Answer:
since you have both alleles, you can pass on the favorable one to your
offspring so they will be successful
Question 5:
sexual selection
, Answer:
natural selection arising through preference by one sex for certain
characteristics in individuals of the other sex
Question 6:
genetic flow
Answer:
transfer of alleles or genes from one population to another, migration and
emigration can causes this
Question 7:
genetic drift
Answer:
A change in the allele frequency of a population as a result of chance
events rather than natural selection.
