Consider a population of birds with three color morphs each

Consider a population of birds with three color morphs, each with a different genotype Red birds leave 10 offspring in the next generation, orange birds leave 8 offspring, and yellow birds leave 2 offspring Based on this information, indicate whether the following statements are true or false. a. The relative fitness of red birds is 0.5. b. The relative fitness of yellow birds is 0.2. c. The difference in fitness between red and orange birds is 0.1. d. The difference in fitness between orange birds and yellow birds is 0.6. e. Nature selection would favor red birds over yellow birds.

Solution

a. false

b. true

c.false

d. true

e. true ,natural selection would favour red birds over yellow birds because the fitness of red birds is more than that of yellow birds