It is the year 1998, and the men and women sailors (in equal numbers) on the American ship the Medischol Bounty have mutinied in the South Pacific and settled on the island of Bali Hai, where they have come into contact with the local Polynesian population. Of the 400 sailors that come ashore on the island, 324 have MM blood type, 4 have the NN blood type, and 72 have the MN blood type. Already on the island are 600 Poly- nesians between the ages of 19 and 23. In the Polyne- sian population, the allele frequency of the M allele is 0.06, and the allele frequency of the Nallele is 0.94. No other people come to the island over the next 10 years. a. What is the allele frequency of the N allele in the sailor population that mutinied? b. It is the year 2008, and 1000 children have been born on the island of Bali Hai. If the mixed population of 1000 young people on the island in 1998 mated ran-

It is the year 1998, and the men and women sailors (in equal numbers) on the American ship the Medischol Bounty have mutinied in the South Pacific and settled on the island of Bali Hai, where they have come into contact with the local Polynesian population. Of the 400 sailors that come ashore on the island, 324 have MM blood type, 4 have the NN blood type, and 72 have the MN blood type. Already on the island are 600 Poly- nesians between the ages of 19 and 23. In the Polyne- sian population, the allele frequency of the M allele is 0.06, and the allele frequency of the Nallele is 0.94. No other people come to the island over the next 10 years. a. What is the allele frequency of the N allele in the sailor population that mutinied? b. It is the year 2008, and 1000 children have been born on the island of Bali Hai. If the mixed population of 1000 young people on the island in 1998 mated ran-

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