A scientist studying the relative fitness of western fence lizards noticed that

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A scientist studying the relative fitness of western fence lizards noticed that one population had an autosomal recessive genetic disorder that presented with missing toes on the hind-legs (genotype 22), making it difficult to run fast and escape from predators. Fitness was measured in the population and determined to be W11=1, W12 = 1, and W22 = 0.1. For the same population, the frequency of the allele for the missing toes disease is 0.03. Given that the mutation rate of this disease is 0.00005, is the frequency of the disease allele being maintained in this population of lizards by mutation-selection balance? A.Yes B.No

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Genetic transmission is the mechanism that drives ... arises when mutations in an organism's genotype cause no ... in large populations only change if the population

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