Previous studies have established that the fluffy allele (F) is dominant to shor

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Previous studies have established that the fluffy allele (F) is dominant to short hair (f).

10 tribbles in total population = 6 fluffy tribbles (4 homozygous dominant, and 2 heterozygous) + 4 short-haired tribbles (homozygous recessive genotype) 48.

Frequency of the short-haired allele = (a) 40% (b) 60% (c) 20% (d) 50 % (e) none of the above

Five generations later, the frequency of the short-haired allele is 50%. Has evolution occurred? (a) yes (b) no (c) we do not have enough information to answer this question.

Average heterozygosity for this population = (a) 40% (b) 60% (c) 20% (d) 50 % (e) none of the above

Explanation / Answer

Frequency of short haired tribbles is 40%, by examining the above data given we can say that evoultion has occured and it can be named as adatpitve evoultion or selective evoulution.

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