A pond is stocked with 250 fish, all of the same species. At that time, the rese

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A pond is stocked with 250 fish, all of the same species. At that time, the researchers tested the fish to determine if they were genetically predisposed to a certain disease. The gene tested has two alleles, A and a. They found that 58 of the fish possessed allele A, while the rest of the fish possessed allele a. They plan to reassess the fish 5 years later. A computer model predicts that the population will likely increase to 850 fish and have 403 heterozygote (Aa) individuals. Will the future population have evolved? State how you know.

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The no. of fishes have , that indicates they have evolved and will also evolve in future.

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