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FACTORS INFLUENCING
GENE FUND OF POPULATION
Výukový materiál GE 02 - 55
Tvůrce: Mgr. Šárka Vopěnková
Tvůrce anglické verze: ThMgr. Ing. Jiří Foller
Projekt: S anglickým jazykem do dalších předmětů
Registrační číslo: CZ.1.07/1.1.36/03.0005
Tento projekt je spolufinancován ESF a SR ČR
2014
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mutation:
standing change of gene fund
formation of new alleles
change of a dominant allele on recessive
or on the contrary
frequency very low
important by evolution
standing source of hereditary variability
it enables implementation of selection in
the population
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selection - natural:
some phenotypes of features are for their bearer
from the point of view of reproduction
advantageous => individuals have more
descendants
disadvantageous
negative selection – eliminates individuals with
disadvantageous mutant alleles
positive selection – it prefers individuals with better
adaptable genotype
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consequence of selection:
 is a change of alleles in population
 however, frequency rises with an
advantageous feature
 frequency of alleles decreases with an
disadvantageous feature
 it depends on:
 selection intensity
 type of alleles
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if the selection is aimed against
disadvantageous dominant allele =>
allele can disappear
 if the selection is aimed against
disadvantageous recessive allele => the
frequency of the allele decreases in the
population slowly, it never disappears
 selection influences only against
recessive homozygots
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migration:
 similar effect like mutation
 enrichment of gene fund by new
alleles or on the contrary also its
impoverishment
 immigration of individuals from
original population
 emigration of individuals from
original population
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genetic shift (drift):
 coincidental shift of genetic balance
 it is used in small alogamic populations
 HW law not in force
 some alleles can be eliminated from gene
fund quite randomly only as a result of
insufficient amount of descendants
 the choice of alleles is very small, not
representative
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random irregularities appear
 they have a considerable importance in a
small population
 allele frequency still changes between
generations
 changes cannot be predicted
 some alleles are not handed over to the
next generation and disappear, the others
predominate
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loss of alleles causes an increased
number of homozygots
 => it leads to increasing of probability
of relational crossbreed - inbreeding
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Example 1:
In a large panmictic population there were
detected 16% of individuals with recessive
form of a qualitative feature (it is a complete
recessivity). What is in this population:
The frequency of both alleles of the gene?
Frequency of dominant homozygotes?
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Frequency of heterozygotes ?
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Example 2.
Blood cells about 84% of the population of our
country have character (agglutinogen) Rh. Blood
group of these people is symbolized Rh +.
Remaining 16% of our population do not have this
character, so they have character Rh-. By the
assumption that the Rh factor is a monogenic
autosomal, dominantly hereditable, Rh + people
are therefore either dominant homozygotes or
heterozygotes.
What is the frequency of Rh allele and particular
genotypes of Rh group in our population?
SOURCES
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CHALUPOVÁ-KARLOVSKÁ, Vlastimila. Obecná biologie:
středoškolská učebnice : evoluce, biologie buňky, genetika : s
558 řešenými testovými otázkami. 2., opr. vyd. Olomouc:
Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2010, 206 s. ISBN 978-80-7182-282-0