In populations where it is common for first cousins to marry, some autosomalrecessive disorders such as albinism and phenylketonuria are far more likely to occurthan elsewhere.20. If the frequency of a recessive allele changes from 0.0001 to 0.01 after severalgenerations, the most probable reason is thatrandom mating is occurringnon-random mating is occurringa high rate of mutation is involvedinbreeding causes the population to increaseMany Elk and Whitetail deer live in and around an area 80 km² area that includes theJasper town site. Both species depend on similar food sources. The population of theelk tends to show the pattern of distribution illustrated below.9. The elk population of this area at the beginning of a study year was 500. If therewere 35 births and 5 deaths throughout the year, what was density of the elkpopulation at the end of the year.0.0606.65.90.38

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In populations where it is common for first cousins to marry, some autosomal recessive disorders such as albinism and phenylketonuria are far more likely to occur than elsewhere. 20. If the frequency of a recessive allele changes from 0.0001 to 0.01 after several generations, the most probable reason is that random mating is occurring non-random mating is occurring a high rate of mutation is involved inbreeding causes the population to increase

In populations where it is common for first cousins to marry, some autosomal recessive disorders such as albinism and phenylketonuria are far more likely to occur than elsewhere. 20. If the frequency of a recessive allele changes from 0.0001 to 0.01 after several generations, the most probable reason is that random mating is occurring non-random mating is occurring a high rate of mutation is involved inbreeding causes the population to increase

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Chapter19: Population Genetics And Human Evolution

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