Chapter 32
Population Genetics
![What is Population Genetics?](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/10962.jpg)
A population is composed of members of the same species that simultaneously live and interact in the same area. When individuals in a population…
![Hardy-Weinberg Principle](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/10963.jpg)
Diploid organisms have two alleles of each gene, one from each parent, in their somatic cells. Therefore, each individual contributes two alleles to…
![Protocol for Assessing the Relative Effects of Environment and Genetics on Antler and Body Growth for a Long-lived Cervid](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/thumbs/56059_t.png)
Cervid phenotype can be placed into one of two categories: efficiency, which promotes survival over extravagant morphometric growth, and luxury,…
![Forward Genetics Screens Using Macrophages to Identify <em>Toxoplasma gondii </em>Genes Important for Resistance to IFN-γ-Dependent Cell Autonomous Immunity](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/thumbs/52556_t.png)
Toxoplasma gondii, the causative agent of toxoplasmosis, is an obligate intracellular protozoan pathogen. The parasite invades and replicates within…