This set covers the most essential topics related to the biological process of natural selection as covered in AP Biology.
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| 5953700368 | Evolution | The biological process by which the gene pool of an organism is changed. |  | 0 |
| 5953700369 | Gene Pool | The amalgamation of all alleles in a population. |  | 1 |
| 5953700370 | Allele | A variation of a gene. |  | 2 |
| 5953700371 | Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium | Theoretically, the gene pool should remain static as long as none of the conditions of _______________ are violated. | 3 | |
| 5953700372 | Large population size, random mating, lack of mutations, lack of migration, no selection | The five conditions of Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium. | 4 | |
| 5953700373 | Natural Selection | The biological process by which organisms thrive or die off based on having preferential or non-preferential genotypes, either through natural or human-induced means. |  | 5 |
| 5953700374 | Genotype | A specific organism's collection of genes. |  | 6 |
| 5953700375 | Differential Reproductive Success | The concept that organisms with higher fitness will reproduce more, and therefore be considered more successful than organisms with lower fitness. | 7 | |
| 5953700376 | Fitness | How suited or preferential an organism's genotype is to its natural environment. | 8 | |
| 5953700377 | Environment | The surroundings/conditions in which a biotic organism exists. | 9 | |
| 5953700378 | Adaptation | A trait of an organism that is maintained and acquired through the means of natural selection. |  | 10 |
| 5953700379 | Charles Darwin | Natural selection is commonly believed to have been first discovered by _______________. |  | 11 |
| 5953700380 | Mutation | A permanent modification of the DNA sequence which composes a gene, altering the sequence in reference to the gene pool of a species. | 12 | |
| 5953700381 | Migration | A seasonal movement of an entire population of animals from one region to another. |  | 13 |
| 5953700382 | The equation p² + 2pq + q²=1 is the equation for ______________, with p and q representing the frequencies of the __________ and __________ alleles respectively. | Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, dominant, recessive. | 14 |
