You examine four populations each with allele frequencies of p=q=0.50. You mate

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You examine four populations each with allele frequencies of p=q=0.50. You mate these 4 populations randomly for 100 generations. The only variable you motify is the size of each population (pop 1=5 individuals, pop 2=50 individuals, pop 3=10000 individuals, pop 4 =1 million individuals). Which population would you expect random genetic drift to play the smallest role in changing allele frequencies?
A. Population 1 B. Population 2 C. Population 3 D. Population 4 E. Because allele frequencies are equal drift will not be an issue. You examine four populations each with allele frequencies of p=q=0.50. You mate these 4 populations randomly for 100 generations. The only variable you motify is the size of each population (pop 1=5 individuals, pop 2=50 individuals, pop 3=10000 individuals, pop 4 =1 million individuals). Which population would you expect random genetic drift to play the smallest role in changing allele frequencies?
A. Population 1 B. Population 2 C. Population 3 D. Population 4 E. Because allele frequencies are equal drift will not be an issue.
A. Population 1 B. Population 2 C. Population 3 D. Population 4 E. Because allele frequencies are equal drift will not be an issue.

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population 4 having a maximum number of individuals. The random genetic drift in this population will play the smallest role in changing allele frequency. Smallest population are most susceptible to forces of genetic drift. It is not that equal allele frequencies will not show genetic drift.

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