what size of a gene pool

markweatherill · 27 Oct 2009 at 15:01

Btone said:
coupruction

What!

_dogma_ · 27 Oct 2009 at 16:18

This happens in populations already. I think a certain seal population was affected and that was the example we were given in uni. It's called the Bottleneck Effect and occurs when a species is near extinction but starts to recover but now the whole species is gentically similar and so won't adapt very well.

On the other hand Genetic Drift occurs more frequently in small populations so the population can change over time.

Also, the Amish amd Afrikaners established new populations from small numbers of individuals (The Founder Effect).

Unfortunately we were not given actual numbers needed for a population to continue so I can't answer your question directly but with the Amish they can be traced back to a single couple.

rypt · 27 Oct 2009 at 17:13

Btone said:
would one man and one women not mean the end of the human race as there would be too much genetic coupruction due to inbreeding

NOT if the man and woman had "perfect" genes

Sawell · 27 Oct 2009 at 17:19

We've never been inbred, we're the result of evolution... prior to being mamals we'd have been some kind of fish or something (I don't read up on evolution much ok?) and there would have been thousands of us forming into primates at the same time. As far as I know when you're a fish it's cool to inbreed.

Aod · 27 Oct 2009 at 17:20

rypt said:
NOT if the man and woman had "perfect" genes

of which there's no such thing? :confused:

Feek · 27 Oct 2009 at 17:29

Aod said:
of which there's no such thing?

Meh, you've not seen mine.

mollymoo · 27 Oct 2009 at 17:30

Feek said:
Meh, you've not seen mine.

what, genes?

QlimaxUK · 27 Oct 2009 at 17:38

tres said:
me and 20 women of choice.

second generation will be screwed, but i'll have fun in the meantime.

sure about that?

^ thats what will happen when they see you

MonkeyNews · 27 Oct 2009 at 17:41

If you also kept only a single race they you could eliminate racism completely, ahhh a perfect world

But which colour is the best?

xJcBx · 27 Oct 2009 at 17:54

malc30 said:
The World won't end now that Forza 3 has been released.

Incorrect, GT5 is the solution to all worldly problems, forever.
The Prolog was released because some nasty things were about to happen, so Sony, in their quick-thinking realeased a 'quick-fix' to the world.
You should thank them now.
Thank you.

Fishfingers said:
But which colour is the best?

Nah he diuun't...... o.O