In a randomly breeding population, the frequency of the dominant allele (D) is 0.8. The relative fitness of DD and Dd is 1.0 while dd is 0.4. If you allow one generation of selection against dd, what is the genotypic frequency of DD before selection? A. 0.56 B. 0.64 C. 0.04 D. 0.32

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In a randomly breeding population, the frequency of the dominant allele (D) is 0.8. The relative fitness of DD and Dd is 1.0 while dd is 0.4. If
you allow one generation of selection against dd, what is the genotypic frequency of DD before selection?
A. 0.56
B. 0.64 C. 0.04
D. 0.32
Transcribed Image Text:In a randomly breeding population, the frequency of the dominant allele (D) is 0.8. The relative fitness of DD and Dd is 1.0 while dd is 0.4. If you allow one generation of selection against dd, what is the genotypic frequency of DD before selection? A. 0.56 B. 0.64 C. 0.04 D. 0.32
In a randomly breeding population, the frequency of the dominant allele (D) is 0.8. The relative fitness of DD and Dd is 1.0 while dd is 0.4. If
you allow one generation of selection against dd, what is the change in the gene frequency of D after one generation of selection?
A. 0.18
B. 0.02 C. -0.02 D. -0.18
Transcribed Image Text:In a randomly breeding population, the frequency of the dominant allele (D) is 0.8. The relative fitness of DD and Dd is 1.0 while dd is 0.4. If you allow one generation of selection against dd, what is the change in the gene frequency of D after one generation of selection? A. 0.18 B. 0.02 C. -0.02 D. -0.18
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