If both the forces of mutation and natural selection are acting on this population from generation to generation (and have been acting on this population for many many generations), what do you predict will happen to allele frequencies over successive generations? The frequency of the D allele will increase The frequency of the d allele will increase Allele frequencies will remain constant

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