You have been tracking a population of birds in the jungle and over several generations observed the following genotype frequencies for a given locus, B : 12% BB, 28% Bb, and 60% bb. The climate changed abruptly and resulted in the death of all homozygous recessive birds. In the next generation, the recessive homozygotes died shortly after birth. What percentage of all newborn bird died? (Hint: You will need to recalculate the genotype frequencies after a portion of the population died and also use the product rule to calculate the proportion of matings that could lead to homozygous recessive individuals in the next generation.)

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Beatrice Fitzpatrick

19 January, 17:59

You have been tracking a population of birds in the jungle and over several generations observed the following genotype frequencies for a given locus, B : 12% BB, 28% Bb, and 60% bb. The climate changed abruptly and resulted in the death of all homozygous recessive birds. In the next generation, the recessive homozygotes died shortly after birth. What percentage of all newborn bird died? (Hint: You will need to recalculate the genotype frequencies after a portion of the population died and also use the product rule to calculate the proportion of matings that could lead to homozygous recessive individuals in the next generation.)

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Ansley · Answer 1

The answer is 0.

Explanation:

There has to be three more generations in order to the recessive homozygotes appear again, because when the bb of the first generation died, it only left the BB and the Bb to reproduce.

This reproduction results of a percentage of BB and Bb only.

bb will only appear again on the third generation.