Suppose the Population Size of a Species of Field Mice

question 194

Short Answer

Suppose the population size of a species of field mice is 2 million.It has a mutation rate of 2 × 10^-9, and its genome size is 3 billion bp.The number of new mutations that appear in this species would be about _______.

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Definitions:

True Null Hypothesis

The hypothesis that there is no effect or no difference, and it is the actual truth in the context of hypothesis testing.

Rejects

In statistical analysis, to reject refers to the decision of dismissing the null hypothesis based on the evidence provided by the data.

Type I Error Probability

The probability of incorrectly rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true, often denoted by alpha.

Reject

In statistical analysis, it refers to the decision to not accept the null hypothesis based on the results of the test.