Define (i) Gene pool(ii) Gene frequency(iii) Organic evolution(iv) Po

1.	Define (i) Gene pool(ii) Gene frequency(iii) Organic evolution(iv) Population(v) Speciation
Answer» (i) The sum total of genes of all individuals of interbreeding population or Mendelian population is called gene pool. (ii) The proportion of an allele in the gene pool as compared with other alleles at the same locus is termed as gene frequency. (iii) Organic evolution can be defined as slow, gradual, continuous and irreversible changes through which the present-day complex forms of the life developed (or evolved) from their simple pre-existing forms. (iv) All individuals of the same species form a group which is called a population. (v) Formation of new species from the preexisting single group of organisms is called speciation.

Define (i) Gene pool(ii) Gene frequency(iii) Organic evolution(iv) Population(v) Speciation

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(i) The sum total of genes of all individuals of interbreeding population or Mendelian population is called gene pool.

(ii) The proportion of an allele in the gene pool as compared with other alleles at the same locus is termed as gene frequency.

(iii) Organic evolution can be defined as slow, gradual, continuous and irreversible changes through which the present-day complex forms of the life developed (or evolved) from their simple pre-existing forms.

(iv) All individuals of the same species form a group which is called a population.

(v) Formation of new species from the preexisting single group of organisms is called speciation.

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