Question 47

(Multiple Choice)

A population's acquisition of selectively neutral alleles through mutation is balanced by the loss of these alleles through genetic drift.At equilibrium,the frequency of heterozygotes involving these alleles is a function of the population's size and the mutation rate is


A) p²+2pq+q²
B) A population's acquisition of selectively neutral alleles through mutation is balanced by the loss of these alleles through genetic drift.At equilibrium,the frequency of heterozygotes involving these alleles is a function of the population's size and the mutation rate is A) p²+2pq+q² B)   C)   D) 1/2N E) None of these
C) A population's acquisition of selectively neutral alleles through mutation is balanced by the loss of these alleles through genetic drift.At equilibrium,the frequency of heterozygotes involving these alleles is a function of the population's size and the mutation rate is A) p²+2pq+q² B)   C)   D) 1/2N E) None of these
D) 1/2N
E) None of these

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