Random Mating Is More Effective in Changing Allele Frequencies of a Population

question 27

True/False

Random mating is more effective in changing allele frequencies of a population than is mutation.

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Definitions:

Probability Assignment Rule

A principle that assigns probabilities to outcomes of a random experiment, ensuring the sum of the probabilities equals one.

Total Probability Rule

A fundamental rule in probability theory that allows for the calculation of the total probability of an outcome by considering all possible ways that outcome can occur.

Law of Large Numbers

A statistical principle that states that as a sample size grows, its mean gets closer to the average of the whole population.

Blood Type

A method of classifying blood by examining the presence or lack of certain inherited antigenic substances on red blood cell exteriors.