Part IV. Now, let's consider dominant/recessive alleles. We are going to look at what happens to a deleterious A1 allele in the population. Input the following parameters:
Starting frequency of A1: 0.1
Fitness of A1A1 = 0.90
Fitness of A1A2 = 1
Fitness of A2A2 = 1
Populations size = Infinite (just type this in the box)
7. Based on the input parameters is the A1 allele dominant or recessive? How can you tell?
8. By assuming an infinite population size, what evolutionary force are we ensuring does not have an effect?
(g) Carry out the simulation one time for 500 generations and then once for 10,000 generations. Record your data.
9. Is the deleterious recessive allele eliminated from the population in either of the simulations? Please explain why or why not?
(h) Now, change the population size to 100 (leave other parameters the same) and carry out the simulation for 500 generations 15 times. Record your data.
10. Compare the results of these simulations with those from "g" above. If there is a difference, please explain what accounts for the difference.