A boatload of Swedish tourists, all of whom bear the MM blood group, is marooned on Haldane Island, where they are met by an equally sized population of Islanders, all bearing blood group NN. In time, the castaways become integrated into Island society. Assuming random mating, no mutation, no selection (based on blood group), and no genetic drift, what would you expect the blood group distribution to be among 4000 progeny of the new Haldane Island population? a. 4000 MNb. 2000 MN + 2000 MMc. 2000 MM + 2000 NNd. 2000 MN + 2000 NNe. 1000 MM + 2000 MN + 1000 NN

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Deven Macias

9 February, 19:52

A boatload of Swedish tourists, all of whom bear the MM blood group, is marooned on Haldane Island, where they are met by an equally sized population of Islanders, all bearing blood group NN. In time, the castaways become integrated into Island society. Assuming random mating, no mutation, no selection (based on blood group), and no genetic drift, what would you expect the blood group distribution to be among 4000 progeny of the new Haldane Island population? a. 4000 MNb. 2000 MN + 2000 MMc. 2000 MM + 2000 NNd. 2000 MN + 2000 NNe. 1000 MM + 2000 MN + 1000 NN

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Camryn · Answer 1

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The first filial generation, will have 4000MN, while the progeny of the new Haldane population will be in the second filial generation 1000 MM + 2000 MN + 1000 NN.