Suppose That in a Group of Flies the Mutation Rate

question 42

Short Answer

Suppose that in a group of flies the mutation rate per nucleotide is about 10 per billion, there are 300 million nucleotides in the haploid genome, and the population size is 40 million.In this case, in every generation about _______ new mutations will appear in the population.

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