Practice question
Question
Which of the following choices are likely to change the allele frequencies of the indicated populations? I. A geographic barrier isolating a small subset of a larger population II. The introduction of a predator that only preys upon the homozygous dominant members of the population III. A population that displays completely random mating
Explanation
Geographic isolation creates founder effect and drift, altering allele frequencies in small isolated subsets. Predation selecting against homozygous dominants imposes directional selection changing genotype frequencies. Random mating alone maintains equilibrium without altering allele frequencies under Hardy-Weinberg conditions.
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