Imagine a population evolving by genetic drift in which the

Imagine a population evolving by genetic drift in which the frequency of allele K is 0.2. What is the probability that at some point in the future allele K will drift to a frequency of 1?

Q8. Imagine a population evolving by genetic drift in which the frequency of allele K is 0.2. What is the probability that at some point in the future allele K will drift to a frequency of 1?

Solution

The probabiltiy at some point in future allele K will drift to a frequency of 1 is 0.8 that is 80%

Genetic drift is the change in the frequency of a gene variant in a population due to ramdom sampling of organisms. The allele has a chance in determining whether the organisms survives and reproduces. Genetic drift also causes the genes to disappear.

The mathematical models for genetic drift are wright-fischer model and moran model.