Consider a gene with two alleles, C and M. The table below describes fitness for different genotypes in two populations.   Fitness   CC CM MM Population 1 1.0 1.0 0.6 Population 2 0.9 0.9 1.0   Assume that both populations begin with frequencies of 0.5 for each allele, population size is infinite, and there is no migration between populations.   Based on the table, how would you expect the frequency of M to change over time in population 2?

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Consider a gene with two alleles, C and M. The table below describes fitness for different genotypes in two populations.

  Fitness
  CC CM MM
Population 1 1.0 1.0 0.6
Population 2 0.9 0.9 1.0


 
Assume that both populations begin with frequencies of 0.5 for each allele, population size is infinite, and there is no migration between populations.
 
Based on the table, how would you expect the frequency of M to change over time in population 2?

 

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