Vodcast 1.4

Textbook Reading:

Biology - Unity & Diversity:

Chapter 17 - Section 17.2-17.3 (whole sections)

Digital Text (OpenStax Biology):

Chapter 19- Section 19.2 (whole section)

AP Bio- Evolution 4: Measuring Evolution4 of 7 of Evolution Domain.. Image Credits: Biology (Campbell) 9th edition, copyright Pearson 2011, & The Internet. Provided under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. By David Knuffke.

Supplemental Goodness

Paul Andersen shows you how to solve simple Hardy-Weinberg problems. He starts with a brief description of a gene pool and shows you how the formula is derived. He then shows you how to solve a couple of sample problems.

Crash Course Biology #18 - Hank talks about population genetics, which helps to explain the evolution of populations over time by combing the principles of Mendel and Darwin, and by means of the Hardy-Weinberg equation.

Things you should make sure you understand:

(feel free to ask questions about them in class)

The meanings and relationships of all of the following terms:

alleles
genes
gene pool
genotype
phenotype
homozygous
heterozygous

How violation of any of the conditions of HW equilibrium would affect the evolution of a population.