Which of the following are characteristics of all very large, closed (no migrations) non-evolving populations ?...
Which of the following are characteristics of all very large, closed (no migrations) non-evolving populations ? Select all the answers that apply.
a. All alleles are equally frequent.
b. Allele frequencies always remain the same generation after generation.
c. All individuals have roughly equal fitness.
d. Genotype frequencies remain constant generation after generation.
e. Individuals mate randomly.
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The conditions provided in the question all very large, closed (no migrations) non-evolving populations are characterstic feature of HW poplupation, the HW population exhibits
The answers are
a. All alleles are equally frequent.
b. Allele frequencies always remain the same generation after generation.
c. All individuals have roughly equal fitness.
d. Genotype frequencies remain constant generation after generation.
e. Individuals mate randomly.
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