Ecological Genetics Of animal MCQs January 8, 2026March 26, 2024 by u930973931_answers 16 min Score: 0 Attempted: 0/16 Subscribe 1. . Which of the following is not a requirement for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? (A) Large population size (B) No mutation (C) No gene flow (D) Non-random mating 2. . What is the term for the number of times an allele occurs in a population relative to the total number of alleles for that gene? (A) Allele frequency (B) Genotype frequency (C) Genetic diversity (D) Genetic equilibrium 3. . Which of the following statements about genetic drift is false? (A) It is more pronounced in smaller populations. (B) It can lead to the fixation of alleles. (C) It is a result of random sampling error. (D) It always increases genetic diversity. 4. . What is the term for the loss of genetic variation when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population? (A) Founder effect (B) Bottleneck effect (C) Mutation effect (D) Gene flow effect 5. . Which of the following is not a factor contributing to genetic variation within a population? (A) Mutation (B) Genetic drift (C) Gene flow (D) Natural selection 6. . What is the term for the movement of alleles from one population to another? (A) Mutation (B) Gene flow (C) Genetic drift (D) Natural selection 7. . Which of the following statements about genetic drift is true? (A) It tends to decrease genetic variation within a population. (B) It is more influential in large populations. (C) It is a deterministic process. (D) It has no effect on the allele frequencies in a population. 8. . What is the term for the situation in which a small group of individuals colonizes a new habitat, leading to a loss of genetic variation? (A) Founder effect (B) Bottleneck effect (C) Migration effect (D) Mutation effect 9. . Which of the following is not a factor that can lead to a population bottleneck? (A) Habitat destruction (B) Overhunting (C) Pollution (D) High gene flow 10. . Which of the following is not a consequence of gene flow? (A) Increased genetic variation within populations (B) Decreased genetic differentiation between populations (C) Homogenization of populations (D) Increased speciation events 11. . What is the term for the random change in allele frequencies within a population? (A) Mutation (B) Gene flow (C) Genetic drift (D) Natural selection 12. . What is the term for the study of how genetic variation within a population is distributed and maintained in nature? (A) Ecological genetics (B) Population genetics (C) Evolutionary genetics (D) Molecular genetics 13. . Which of the following is not a source of genetic variation within a population? (A) Mutation (B) Gene flow (C) Genetic drift (D) Genetic homogeneity 14. . What is the primary source of new alleles in a population? (A) Mutation (B) Gene flow (C) Genetic drift (D) Natural selection 15. . Which of the following is not a mechanism of genetic drift? (A) Founder effect (B) Bottleneck effect (C) Sexual selection (D) Genetic bottleneck 16. . What is the term for the transfer of alleles from one population to another? (A) Mutation (B) Gene flow (C) Genetic drift (D) Artificial selection