AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A gene pool is the combined genetic information of all the members of a particular population. A gene pool typically has two or more alleles for a given trait. Homozygous lethal traits can be carried by heterozygous individuals and thus remain in a gene pool.

Detailed explanation-2: -A gene pool refers to the combination of all the genes (including alleles) present in a reproducing population or species. A large gene pool has extensive genomic diversity and is better able to withstand environmental challenges.

Detailed explanation-3: -Populations are made up of members of the same species that interbreed. Population geneticists study the variation that naturally occurs among the genes within a population. The collection of all the genes and the various alternate or allelic forms of those genes within a population is called its gene pool.

Detailed explanation-4: -A gene pool is like a pool of genes because it is the collection of all genes and their alleles in the population.

Detailed explanation-5: -gene flow, also called gene migration, the introduction of genetic material (by interbreeding) from one population of a species to another, thereby changing the composition of the gene pool of the receiving population.