Genetics and Evolution-Forces of evolutionary changes

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What are the different types of gene mutation?
point, substitutions, inversions/deletions, frame shift
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What are the different types of chromosome mutation?
deletion, translocation, nondisjunction, inversion
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How are new mutations lost?
due to natural selection or random genetic drift.The likelihood of loss depends on the introduction with other evolutionary forces.
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When does a mutation become significant?
when combined with a strong selection pressure.
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What are the three types of selection?
Directional, Diversifying, Stabilizing
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What is genetic drift?
Chance fluctuations in allele frequency due to random sampling of gametes Each generation some genotypes may be left out or over represented
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