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  • October 24, 2018
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Chapter 4: population structure and gene flow

Genetic populations:

 Panmixia versus population structure
 Panmixia: random mating or ‘all mixed’ i.e. all individuals are potential partners
 Population structure: non-random mating between individuals in smaller groups or
subpopulations
 This leads to differences in allele and genotype frequencies between subpopulations =
genetic differentiation
o E.g. large river acting as a barrier to gene glow or mice in a barn
 Physical barrier forces
individuals on either side of
the river to mate with their
immediate surrounding
population
 Side A only mates with side
A and side B only mates
with side B
 Healthy population has diversity and high
diversity allows population to adjust
 When there are two populations with low diversity – populations are more vulnerable which
results in a lower fitness level
 It doesn’t necessarily have to be a physical barrier – physical distance is enough to result in
genetic differentiation
 Other causes of population structure which decrease chances of mating with increasing
geographical distance  isolation by distance
 It is important to know the difference between gene flow and migration
 Gene flow: needs migrating individuals to contribute alleles; passing on of genetic material
to the next generation
 Migration: physical movement and doesn’t automatically result in gene
flow
 Isolation by distance results in spatial structuring of allele and genotype
frequencies
o Colours represent an individual with heterozygous (blue) or
homozygous (black and white) genotype at each point
o Patchiness displays population differentiation in response to
distance which results in decline in heterozygosity due to the
isolate populations (decrease in heterozygosity decreases fitness
levels)
o Displays an overall decline in heterozygotes as well as a smaller effective population
size
o Direct of gene flow: measure of gene flow of parents to offspring i.e. one generation
to the next generation

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