4. Evolution

Population Genetics — Quiz

Test your understanding of population genetics with 5 practice questions.

Practice Questions

Question 1

In a population of butterflies, a specific allele for wing color has a frequency of $0.8$. If the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, what is the expected frequency of individuals heterozygous for this allele?

Question 2

Which of the following scenarios would most likely lead to a founder effect?

Question 3

A population of rabbits has two alleles for fur color: brown (B) and white (b). If the frequency of the brown allele (B) is $0.6$, and the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, what is the frequency of the homozygous recessive genotype (bb)?

Question 4

Which of the following is the most direct consequence of a population bottleneck?

Question 5

In a population of flowering plants, the frequency of the allele for red flowers (R) is $0.7$. If the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, what is the frequency of the genotype RR?