Show all work/formulas used: 1) Based on the following data: Genotype: AA Aa aa Relative fitness:   WAA= 1...

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Show all work/formulas used:

1) Based on the following data:

Genotype: AA Aa aa

Relative fitness:   WAA= 1 WAa= 1 Waa= 0.5

Number of young: 100 100 800

1a) Estimate the frequency of 'aa' young individuals after 5 and10 generations

2b) Show (graph) how the frequency of the alleles 'A' and 'a'change for 20 generations

2) If the initial Frequency of a lethal recessive allele is 10%,how many generations are needed to reduce it to 5%? (assume randommating, no new mutations and no drift)

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Answer 1aFrequency of aa genotype q2 in the first generation Total aa individuals Total populationFrequency of aa genotype q2 in the first generation 8001000Frequency of aa    See Answer
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