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PRACTICE MISSIONselection, drift, gene flow, and common ancestry

selection, drift, gene flow, and common ancestry

NEW CASENEW EVIDENCE

Drift on two islands

Two equal island populations start with allele A frequency 0.50. After a storm leaves 12 random survivors on Island 1, A=0.83. Island 2 retains 900 survivors and A=0.51.

  1. The bottleneck is much stronger on Island 1.
  2. Survival is described as random with respect to allele.
  3. Small samples amplify drift.

What best explains the difference?

MODELEvolution Evidence Matrix
DNA
PROVEChoose with evidence
CLUE

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