Consider a Population of Size Nₑ with a New Mutation

question 1

Multiple Choice

Consider a population of size Nₑ with a new mutation that confers a fitness advantage of 1 + s.This new allele will be more likely to go to fixation due to selection if

• A)Ne is large.
• B)Ne is small.
• C)s is small.
• D)s is large.
• E)A and D

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