A-Level Biology Edexcel B 9BI0

8.3: Gene pools

#8.3i

Understand that selection pressures acting on the gene pool change allele frequencies in the population, including:

  • stabilising selection maintaining continuity in a population
  • disruptive selection leading to changes or speciation.
#8.3ii

Understand that sometimes changes in allele frequencies can be the result of chance and not selection, including genetic drift.

#8.3iii

Understand that allele frequencies can be influenced by:

  • population bottlenecks
  • founder effect.
#8.3iv

Understand how the Hardy-Weinberg equation can be used to monitor changes in the allele frequencies in a population.

8.2
Transfer of genetic information
9.1
Homeostasis