AP BIOLOGY

EVOLUTION

EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How do you define evolution?
A
a change in a population over time
B
a change in an individual over time
C
a change in a family over time
D
a change in a community over time
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Evolution is a process that results in changes in the genetic material of a population over time. Evolution reflects the adaptations of organisms to their changing environments and can result in altered genes, novel traits, and new species.

Detailed explanation-2: -Biological evolution refers to the cumulative changes that occur in a population over time. These changes are produced at the genetic level as organisms’ genes mutate and/or recombine in different ways during reproduction and are passed on to future generations.

Detailed explanation-3: -In population genetics, the term evolution is defined as a change in the frequency of an allele in a population. Using the ABO blood type system as an example, the frequency of one of the alleles, IA, is the number of copies of that allele divided by all the copies of the ABO gene in the population.

Detailed explanation-4: -Evolution by genetic drift causes changes in populations by chance alone. Evolution by genetic drift occurs when the alleles that make it into the next generation in a population are a random sample of the alleles in a population in the current generation.

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