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In a Wright-Fisher model with mutation and a (haploid) population of size 50, a new mutant arises in the population at time step zero, so that (initially) exactly one of the fifty genotypes in the population has the mutant allele. Assuming that the allele is selectively neutral, what is the probability that it will eventually become fixed in the population by random drift?
ANSWER: 0.02
How do you arrive at this answer?
In a Wright-Fisher model with mutation and a (haploid) population of size 50, a new mutant arises in the population at time step zero, so that (initially) exactly one of the fifty genotypes in the population has the mutant allele. Assuming that the allele is selectively neutral, what is the probability that it will eventually become fixed in the population by random drift?
ANSWER: 0.02
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haploid genotypes of all the gametes produced by a diploid individual | |
ABO blood type conferred by an individual gamete |
genotype of either the paternal or maternal chromosomal complement |
multilocus genotype of a chromosome or gamete |
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Exists when D is less than zero, but not when it is greater than zero. |
Is reduced by sexual reproduction. |
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Is increased by any random sampling error that happens to create or destroy certain chromosome genotypes but not others. |
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