Biology A-Level
Divergence through mutation and natural selection
What Divergence through mutation and natural selection means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Divergence through mutation and natural selection
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Separated populations accumulate different mutations and experience different selection pressures, so allele frequencies diverge.
Topics that use Divergence through mutation and natural selection
- Patterns of inheritance (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Allele frequencies
- Alleles, genotypes and phenotypes
- Autosomal linkage
- Change in allele frequency over generations
- Chi-squared (χ²) test
- continuous variation
- critical value
- Crossing over and independent assortment
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