Approximately a squirrel could reproduce 148 offspring in their lifetime.
Answer: Option B
<u>Explanation:</u>
Ground squirrels breed either once or twice only in a year. Their life span is from 3 to 10 years. The female emit a kind of hormones which attracts the nearby males to copulate with her.
The males fight among each other for mating and the strongest wins and mates with the female. The nuptial act happens only for a minute but this act prolongs for two weeks sincerely till the female confirms with the formation of her young ones. Then after giving birth to her young ones totally the responsible from weaning to growth is handled only by the mother.
This seems to be a question located online and it quite similar. It comes with a table, from there, you will only have to multiply two values depending on what is given. As for me, 148 is the answer.
The frequency of the dominant (normal) allele in the population (p) is simply 1 - 0.02 = 0.98 (or 98%). The percentage of heterozygous individuals (carriers) in the population.
