Genetics - A. V. Sivolob 2008

Population Genetics
Properties of a Population
Structuring

Structuredness implies the presence of distinct groups within a population; within these groups, individuals are united by a specific criterion. The structural types of a population include age, sex, spatial, ecological, and genetic structures.

The ratio of individuals of different ages and sexes within a population determines its AGE AND SEX Structure, respectively. Spatial Structure refers to the pattern of distribution of individual organisms and their groups across the population's range, with island and homogeneous distributions serving as typical Examples. Ecological structure is the division of a population into groups depending on biotic and abiotic environmental factors.

Such structural Organization shapes the Features of the population's genetic structure (see below) and governs The formation of the Gene pool for subsequent generations.



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