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AP Biology Flashcards: Variations In Populations

Study Variations In Populations in AP Biology with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

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What is a polymorphism?

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The presence of two or more variants in a population. Maintained by balancing selection or neutral evolution.

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A population of insects has variation in a detoxification enzyme due to alleles D and d. In fields treated with a new pesticide, insects with genotype DD survive at higher rates than dd insects, and D allele frequency increases from 0.30 to 0.55 over several generations. Which statement best explains how genetic variation contributed to this evolutionary response?
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