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The rock pocket gopher lives in an area of the American Southwest where the is s

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Question

The rock pocket gopher lives in an area of the American Southwest where the is sandy or black lava rock. Tan mice produce a black offspring approximately once every thousand years. If we assume that the black mice have a 1% fitness advantage over tan mice on the black lava rock, simulation suggests that the population will be 95% black mice in _____ generations. If they have a fitness advantage of ten percent it will take ________ generations.

a. 1,000,000,000 1,000,000
b. 1,000,000 1,000,000,000
c. 1,000 100
d. 100 1,000
e. 1 10

Can someone please explain the logic of how to solve this?

Explanation / Answer

Hard to answer. They never tell you the population size. Is it 100,400,1000? You need that info. Hopefully this answered your question, best of luck.