GENE 412 1st Edition Lecture 9 Outline of Last Lecture I What does inbreeding do II How inbreeding relates to evolution III Difference between F f IV Examples Outline of Current Lecture I Assortative Mating Selection II Examples Current Lecture I II Assortative Mating Selection a Definition Prefer to mate with an individual with a given phenotype or genotype i Isn t true preference b Three elements assortative mating does to a population i Increases homozygosity ii Produces equilibrium with 2 or 3 of double homozygotes iii Creates and maintains gametic phase equilibrium with gamates that accumulate any and all alleles associated with a phenotype Test Question Examples a Assortative Mating is high in deaf people i Picked mates based on a specific fact of individual ii Assortative Mating AAxAA AA 1 4Aa AA 1 2Aa AaXAa 1 2Aa 0 aaxaa aa 1 4Aa aa 1 2Aa 1 Time iii Over time it increases homozygosity and decreases heterozygosity These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute