You Have a Population of Flies with Three Alleles for Wing

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Essay

You have a population of flies with three alleles for wing size,L (large),M (medium),and S (small).Individuals with SS,SM,or SL have small wings.Individuals with MM have medium wings.Individuals with LL or LM have large wings.After a sudden storm,all of the small-winged individuals have been killed.What will happen to the population?

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Definitions:

Skewed

A description of a distribution of data or scores that shows asymmetry, meaning the bulk of the data points are lopsided toward one side of the scale.

Cumulative Percent

A measure that shows the percentage of data points less than or equal to a particular value, accumulated over a distribution or data set.

Frequency Distribution

A frequency distribution is a summary of how often different values or ranges of values occur within a set of data.

Skewed

A distribution that is not symmetrical, tending to have a longer tail on one side.