Which of These Variables Is Likely to Undergo the Largest

question 55

Multiple Choice

Which of these variables is likely to undergo the largest change in value as the result of a mutation that introduces a brand-new allele into a population's gene pool at a locus that had formerly been fixed?

• A) average heterozygosity
• B) nucleotide variability
• C) geographic variability
• D) average number of loci

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