You Are Studying Three Populations of Birds

question 21

Multiple Choice

You are studying three populations of birds. Population A has ten birds, of which one is brown (a recessive trait) and nine are red. Population B has 100 birds, of which ten are brown. Population C has 30 birds, and three of them are brown.
-In which population would it be least likely that an accident would significantly alter the frequency of the brown allele?

• A)Population A.
• B)Population B.
• C)Population C.
• D)They are all the same.
• E)It is impossible to tell from the information given.

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