A Population of Fruit Flies Is Maintained at 4000 Individuals

question 6

Essay

A population of fruit flies is maintained at 4000 individuals for 10 generations.During the 11ᵗʰ generation,the professor in charge of the flies forgot to buy fly food and only 100 flies survived.Estimate the effective population size of this population over the first 11 generations.

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