Question

During a study, a biologist counts the allele frequency of the colors of beetles. In the original population, there were 25% green, 35% blue, and 40% golden beetles. She took a small sample from the original population and bred them for 5 years. At the end of the study, 5 years later, there were 10% green, 60% blue, and 30% golden beetles. What did she observe?

Answer 1

Answer: As the years move on the green allele frequency of the beetles is going extinct while golden Blue beetles are rapidly overtaking the population and golden beetles are lowering in population but are not going extinct as quickly as the green beetles

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