Discussion Board Topic: This are the questions you need to

Last updated: 8/8/2022

Discussion Board Topic: This are the questions you need to answer: In mammals, males often have greater variance in reproductive success than females, as a result of sexual selection. How will this alter the effective levels of allelic variation in genes on the autosomes, the X chromosome, the Y chromosome and the mitochondrial genome? What other factors may influence the genetic diversity in these different parts of the genome? Discuss this question and potential answers with one another by posting your answers on the forum. Just in order to prime this discussion, think about this: If fewer males reproduce than females, what effects will this have on y- chromosome diversity vs. mitochondrial diversity? Variance in reproductive success means basically "Some guys have all the luck". What would be the influence of this type of selection on x- chromosomes diversity or autosomal diversity? Are there other things that can happen to a population which affect genetic diversity? Would you have different conclusions about how and when our species evolved from the different levels of diversity seen using Y Chromosomes, X Chromosomes, and Mitochondrial Chromosomes?