Scenario #3 In the year 2850, humans successfully colonized Mars. The Martian modules that were constructed could hold only a small population of people. It is now a century later, and the population on Mars has grown to 600 people. Of the current Mars population, 45 people express the recessive phenotype for phenylketon- uria (PKU) syndrome (pp genotype). q²- p²_ 2pq- Conclusion Questions Use this information to help you answer the following questions: The original population's actual genotype frequencies were: PP - 0.53, Pp-0.25, pp -0.22. Is the current population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? Yes or No Is the current population evolving? Yes or No If the current population is evolving, what type of effect is responsible for genetic drift? 1. 2. 3.

Scenario #3 In the year 2850, humans successfully colonized Mars. The Martian modules that were constructed could hold only a small population of people. It is now a century later, and the population on Mars has grown to 600 people. Of the current Mars population, 45 people express the recessive phenotype for phenylketon- uria (PKU) syndrome (pp genotype). q²- p²_ 2pq- Conclusion Questions Use this information to help you answer the following questions: The original population's actual genotype frequencies were: PP - 0.53, Pp-0.25, pp -0.22. Is the current population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? Yes or No Is the current population evolving? Yes or No If the current population is evolving, what type of effect is responsible for genetic drift? 1. 2. 3.

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