If Two Randomly Selected Gene Copies Are Sampled from a Population

question 17

Multiple Choice

If two randomly selected gene copies are sampled from a population of oak trees at a locus for which there is no selection,assortative mating,or migration,how many mutations would we expect these alleles to differ by?

• A)2k
• B)4k
• C)2Ne
• D)4Ne
• E)4Nem

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