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Garrulous

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on: Jul 9, 2013
Which of these variables is likely to undergo the largest change in value as the result of a mutation that introduces a brand-new allele into a population's gene pool at a locus that had formerly been fixed?
A) average heterozygosity
B) nucleotide variability
C) geographic variability
D) average number of loci


Hawke

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2013
Hello

A is the answer.


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