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    physical barrier, such as a desert or a city, divides the populations where one group of a species is on one side and the other group is on the other side, apart from one another. Allopatric speciation can also occur when populations of a species drift apart or disperse. When allopatric speciation occurs, variations and unique characteristics can flourish within a population, but be entirely different from other species populations found elsewhere. These variations occur as a form of adaptation…

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    Recombinant Dna Synthesis

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    is genetically identical to its counterpart. DNA cloning is a recombinant DNA technique where cDNAs and fragments of genomic DNA are inserted into a cloning vector and maintained during growth of the host cells. Vector is an agent that transfers genetic material into a cell or organism. Restriction enzymes are bacterial enzymes that find restriction sites and cleaves DNA. restriction enzymes and DNA ligase are utilized to produce recombinant DNA molecules. DNA ligase catalyzes formation of 3′…

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    Evolution is the theory that all living forms came from ancient ancestor as well as the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. (Metz 2017). Through the series of changes, genetic drift, migration, and natural selection today’s descendants show an amazing amount of similarities as well as differences. According to the journal article development on a tiny scale is named microevolution, relating to the changes that happen such as insects…

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    words, scientists do not research the spandrel without researching the architecture surrounding it. For this reason, many testable avenues are pursued, only when no other solution is found can it be concluded that an organism has evolved through genetic drift. After examining all courses of action, the only scientifically reasonable endeavor is to research adaptation. The intense focus on adaptation is reasonable because chance cannot be directly tested whereas adaption can. Gould and Lewontin…

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    alleles can be lost due to random events. Genetic drift reduces allele frequencies in smaller population, therefore, decrease genetic variation. It can eliminate alleles at a faster rate in smaller population until they become fixed in the population. On the other hand, alleles in a large population rarely become fixed by genetic drift. This indicates that genetic drift has a greater effect on a smaller population by getting rid of alleles at a faster rate. Genetic variation is negligible at a…

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    In what ways are the founder effect and genetic bottleneck similar and different? The founder effect and genetic bottleneck are two example of genetic drift; an evolutionary mechanism in which allele frequencies of a population change over generations due to chance. In fact, the change occurs because of sampling errors in choosing the alleles for the next generation from the gene pool of the current generation. Although genetic drift is a random process that takes place in populations of all…

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    populations over time. It is the population that evolves, rather than an individual. There are four mechanisms of evolution: mutation, gene flow, genetic drift, and natural selection. There were multiple contributors to the ideas of evolution, including Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace. To begin with, mutations cause genetic variation. Genetic variations are the differences in DNA sequences. The differences in DNA sequences caused by mutations are known as alleles. Inherited mutations…

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    4. Genetic drift is an intriguing concept in genetics that focuses on explaining the random variation in changes of allele frequencies from one generation to the next in populations. The variation comes from sampling error because in many genetic models populations are assumed to be infinitely large, which is seldom the case. A simple mathematical approach to modelling genetic drift is the Wright-Fisher model. In this essay the general principles of the Wright-Fisher model will be explained, and…

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    Alu Sequence

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    Population Equilibrium of the AUG Sequence in the PV92 Region. Abstract – Alu sequences are found throughout the karyotype of humans and new world primates. Newer sequences that are roughly around one million years old can used to analyze human history since they are not yet stable in the population. One of these sequences that are still evolving is the Alu sequence on the PV92 region of chromosome 16. In this experiment we analyzed 29 individuals at Cameron University to find out how frequent…

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    Theories Of Evolution

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    less of them can reproduce. This is also called differential reproduction. The final step is inheritance. Because of the lack of brown beetles, the next generation will tend to have green bodies. The reason behind this is because this trait has a genetic basis. This example shows how common it becomes for this beetle population to develop green bodies. Due to their advantage of not being eaten as much, their offspring become more and more common. If this process continues to happen, all beetles…

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