Populations

Populations (Ch 15)

Labs

  1. Natural Selection - a birding example

  2. Hardy-Weinberg and Allele Frequencies

Math Skills

    1. Squares and Square Roots

    2. Quadratic Equations

    3. Hardy-Weinberg Equation

Objectives

Section 1: How Populations Grow

    1. Distinguish among the three patterns of dispersion in a population.

    2. Contrast exponential growth and logistic growth.

    3. Differentiate r-strategists from K-strategists.

Section 2: How Populations Evolve

    1. Summarize the Hardy-Weinberg principle.

    2. Describe the five forces that cause genetic change in a population.

    3. Identify why selection against unfavorable recessive alleles is slow.

    4. Contrast directional and stabilizing selection.