The driving factors of evolution

In this topic

• What is evolution, and what evolves?
• From Lamarck to the synthetic theory
• The elementary evolutionary factors
• The Hardy–Weinberg law and the struggle for existence

Key terms

• Evolution
• Population
• Gene pool
• Allele frequency
• Elementary evolutionary event
• Reserve of variation
• Mutation process
• Population waves
• Genetic drift
• Founder effect
• Isolation
• Hardy–Weinberg law

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