In a tropical species of butterfly, wing shape is controlled by a single gene. Individuals can have wide wings (WW), elongated wings(Ww), or reduced wings (ww) In one population you calculate the genotype frequencies are: * wide WW=0.75 *Elongated Ww=0.20 *reduced ww = 0.05 Wide shape affects fitness because predators are most successful at catching butterflies with reduced wings, although they also get some of the other phenotypes. After new predator colonizers the rainforest where this butterfly lives, the average number of offspring per butterfly is *wide WW=40 * elongated Ww=50 *reduced ww=80 What will be the genotype frequencies in the first generation of butterflies following natural selection due to the new predator? (ie you are looking for frequencies after selection and before reproduction) Round all values 2 decimal places A. wide WW=0.75, elongated Ww=0.20, reduced ww=0.05 B.Wide WW=0.68, elongated Ww=0.29, reduced ww=0.04 C.There is no way to know because natural selection is random D. wide WW=0.85, elongate Ww=0.11, reduced ww=0.04 E wide WW= 0.68, elongated Ww=0.23, reduced ww=0.09

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In a tropical species of butterfly, wing shape is controlled by a single gene. Individuals can have wide wings (WW), elongated wings(Ww), or reduced wings (ww) In one population you calculate the genotype frequencies are:

* wide WW=0.75

*Elongated Ww=0.20

*reduced ww = 0.05

Wide shape affects fitness because predators are most successful at catching butterflies with reduced wings, although they also get some of the other phenotypes. After new predator colonizers the rainforest where this butterfly lives, the average number of offspring per butterfly is

*wide WW=40

* elongated Ww=50

*reduced ww=80

What will be the genotype frequencies in the first generation of butterflies following natural selection due to the new predator? (ie you are looking for frequencies after selection and before reproduction) Round all values 2 decimal places

A. wide WW=0.75, elongated Ww=0.20, reduced ww=0.05

B.Wide WW=0.68, elongated Ww=0.29, reduced ww=0.04

C.There is no way to know because natural selection is random

D. wide WW=0.85, elongate Ww=0.11, reduced ww=0.04

E wide WW= 0.68, elongated Ww=0.23, reduced ww=0.09

 

 

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