Genetics: From Genes to Genomes, 5th edition
Genetics: From Genes to Genomes, 5th edition
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780073525310
Author: Leland H. Hartwell, Michael L. Goldberg, Janice A. Fischer, Leroy Hood, Charles F. Aquadro
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 20, Problem 24P
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a.

To determine:

Whether the blue, red or green line represents A1, B1 and C1 in the given graph.

Introduction:

The deleterious mutations disrupt the important functions such as the activity of an enzyme encoded by a gene. Beneficial mutations are the type of mutations that provide a selective advantage to an organism.

Summary Introduction

b.

To determine:

The reason that the allele represented by green line goes to fixation slower than the allele represented by the red line.

Introduction:

Neutral mutations are the type of mutations that produce polymorphisms. These polymorphisms neither provide benefit nor harm the organism. This is because the original and mutant alleles are selectively equivalent.

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c.

To determine:

The reason that the allele represented by the blue line goes to fixation slowly as compared to the alleles represented by the red or green line.

Introduction:

Genetic drift occurs faster in small populations as compared to the large population. If the population size is finite, the level of genetic drift occurs based on the size of the population.

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d.

To determine:

The changes in the given graph if the population has 1000 individuals.

Introduction:

Fitness is an individual’s ability to survive and transmit its genes to the next generation. Fitness is associated with each genotype. The fitness can be measured by considering all the organisms of a particular genotype.

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