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Balancing selection can maintain variation at a locus (see Concept 23.4). Based on the
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Balancing selection can maintain variation at a locus (see Concept 23.4). Based on the foraging experiments described in this chapter, devise a simple hypothesis to explain the presence of both forR and fors alleles in natural fly populations.
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QUESTION:
Balancing selection can maintain variation at a locus (see Concept 23.4). Based on the foraging experiments described in this chapter, devise a simple hypothesis to explain the presence of both forR and fors alleles in natural fly populations.
ANSWER:Hypothesis: Balancing selection is maintaining both the forR and fors alleles at the locus in fly populations due to the fact that the two alleles provide o