Researchers Collect Data on an Island Population of Frogs and Find

question 7

Multiple Choice

Researchers collect data on an island population of frogs and find a mutation rate of the recessive allele, d, is 1 × 10^{- 6}. The relative fitness of the individuals homozygous from this allele is 0.7. What is the allele frequency of this recessive allele at equilibrium?

• A) 3.0 × 10^{- 7}
• B) 1.4 × 10^{- 6}
• C) 7.0 × 10^{- 7}
• D) 1.2 × 10^{- 3}
• E) 1.8 × 10^{- 3}

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