Gce Model Questions Vol1 2018 Biology Question 16

Practice objective / multiple choice question 16 from the 2018 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Biology examination.

Gce Model Questions Vol1 2018 Biology Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 16 GCE_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2018 • BIOLOGY • objective

A population of a diploid organism has an effective size \(N_{e}=500\). The initial heterozygosity at a neutral locus is \(H_{0}=0.8\). Assuming no mutation, heterozygosity after \(t\) generations follows \(H_{t}=H_{0}\left(1-\frac{1}{2N_{e}}\right)^{t}\). After how many generations will heterozygosity fall below \(0.5\)?

Answer Options

A. 350 generations
B. 400 generations
C. 600 generations
Correct Answer D. 471 generations
Correct Answer
D
Correct Option:
471 generations

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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2018 Biology Question 16. It is one of the objective questions from the 2018 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Biology examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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