Loose Leaf For Integrated Principles Of Zoology
18th Edition
ISBN: 9781260411140
Author: Cleveland P Hickman Jr. Emeritus, Susan L. Keen, David J Eisenhour Professor PhD, Allan Larson, Helen I'Anson Associate Professor of Biology
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 6, Problem 18RQ
If after studying a population for a trait determined by a single pair of alleles you find that the population is not in equilibrium, what possible reasons might explain the lack of equilibrium?
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