Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
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Author: Mark F. Sanders, John L. Bowman
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Chapter 20, Problem 24P
In the mouse, Musmusculus, survival in agricultural fields that are regularly sprayed with a herbicide is determined by the genotype for a detoxification enzyme encoded by a gene with two alleles, F and S. The relative fitness values for the genotypes are:
a. Why will this pattern of natural selection result in a stable equilibrium of frequencies of F and S?
b. Calculate the equilibrium frequencies of the alleles.
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