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  1. Population Genetics
    1. What is a Population?
    2. Genotype Frequencies and Allele Frequencies
    3. Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

  2. The Evolutionary Forces
    1. Mutation
    2. Natural Selection
      1. Selection against Recessive Homozygotes
      2. Selection against Dominant Homozygotes
      3. Selection for the Heterozygote
      4. Selection against the Heterozygote
      5. Selection and Complex Traits
    3. Genetic Drift
      1. Population Size and Genetic Drift
      2. Examples of Genetic Drift
    4. Gene Flow
      1. Genetic Effects of Gene Flow
      2. Determinants of Gene Flow
    5. Interaction of the Evolutionary Forces
    6. Nonrandom Mating


  3. Summary


  4. Supplemental Readings


  5. Virtual Explorations
Special Topic: Tay-Sachs Disease: Genetic Drift or Natural Selection?





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