Consider a Population with an Effective Size of 4,000 and 32

question 7

Multiple Choice

Consider a population with an effective size of 4,000 and 32 segregating alleles. On average, how many generations would it take for all 32 alleles to coalesce to a single, ancestral allele?

• A) 32
• B) 128
• C) 1,000
• D) 16,000

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