Conservation Geneticists Are Interested in Assessing the Smallest Sustainable Population

question 21

Multiple Choice

Conservation geneticists are interested in assessing the smallest sustainable population size for species of concern. Such studies are called

• A) population variation analysis.
• B) minimum stable population analysis.
• C) outbreeding threshold analysis.
• D) population viability analysis.
• E) inbreeding threshold analysis.

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Definitions:

Epistasis

Condition in which certain alleles of one locus alter the expression of alleles of a different locus.

Alleles

Different forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.

Gene Interaction

The ways in which different genes influence each other's expression, often leading to complex traits or outcomes in an organism.

Calico Cats

Cats characterized by a tri-color fur pattern, typically involving patches of orange, black, and white, this pattern is most commonly found in female cats due to genetic linkage to the X chromosome.