Concepts of Genetics (11th Edition)
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Author: William S. Klug, Michael R. Cummings, Charlotte A. Spencer, Michael A. Palladino
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Chapter 25, Problem 1PDQ
HOW DO WE KNOW?
Population geneticists study changes in the nature and amount of
- (a) How do we know how much genetic variation is in a population?
- (b) How do geneticists detect the presence of genetic variation as different alleles in a population?
- (c) How do we know whether the genetic structure of a population is static or dynamic?
- (d) How do we know when populations have diverged to the point that they form two different species?
- (e) How do we know the age of the last common ancestor shared by two species?
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Chapter 25 Solutions
Concepts of Genetics (11th Edition)
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