In a population of pika, you find that individuals vary in their fur color - there are greyish and black pikas. The genetic mechanism behind fur color is mainly regulated by one gene Attractie, and in this population there are only two alleles for the Attractie gene: A1 and A2. Greyish fur color is better camouflaged when they inhabit in talus (broken rocks); black fur helps protect them against predators in coniferous forests, where pika makes burrows under fallen logs and tree stumps. Why might you hypothesize that this pika population is not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? What do you think is happening? Clearly explain your reasoning.

In a population of pika, you find that individuals vary in their fur color - there are greyish and black pikas. The genetic mechanism behind fur color is mainly regulated by one gene Attractie, and in this population there are only two alleles for the Attractie gene: A1 and A2. Greyish fur color is better camouflaged when they inhabit in talus (broken rocks); black fur helps protect them against predators in coniferous forests, where pika makes burrows under fallen logs and tree stumps. Why might you hypothesize that this pika population is not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? What do you think is happening? Clearly explain your reasoning.

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Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter1: A Perspective On Human Genetics

Section1.3: What Are Genes And How Do They Work?

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