Current Measures of  Evolutionary Change:

• Hardy-Weinberg Calculations

• DNA Analysis

Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms (RFLPS)

• Karyotype Analysis

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Mary

Hardy-Weinberg calculations require very large populations and is very much after the fact.

Chris

RFLP is a procedure used for determining a DNA fingerprint. A change in the fingerprint represents a change in the genome. It is very equipment intensive and has a degree of accuracy that is almost too great.

Brandy

Block cells/Mitosis/Stain for banding patterns/Change in banding patterns indicates change in the chromosome content. Karyotyping is very labor and time intensive. It involves extracting individual chromosomes and the degree of accuracy is in question.