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Solutions For An Introduction to Genetic Analysis Chapter 18 Problem 21P

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In a population of 50,000, where all the individuals are diploid, the probability that an allele would reach fixation through the process of genetic drift is given as:

Hence, the probability that the new allele would drift to fixation would be:

The probability that a new allele would be lost is given as:

Hence, the probability that a new allele would be lost would be:

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