In the year 2850, humans successfully colonized mars. the martian modules that were constructed could hold only a small population of people. it is now a century later, and the population on mars has grown to 600 people. of the current mars population, 45 people express the recessive phenotype for phenylketon- uria (pku) syndrome (pp genotype).
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conclusion questions:
use this information to you answer the following questions:
the original population's actual genotype frequencies were: pp - 0.53, pp - 0.25, pp - 0.22.
1.) is the current population in hardy-weinberg equilibrium? yes or no.
2.) is the current population evolving? yes or no.
3.) if the current population is evolving, what type of effect is responsible for genetic drift?