Mutation: Example

• 2 individuals out of 100,000 observed with a dominant mutation

  • Assume they are heterozygotes
  • 2 alleles/200,000 gametes
  • m = 1X10-6 mutation rate

• Change in frequency of A = p1 = qom

• Change in frequency of a = q1 = 1-qom

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