Entomologists at the New York State Department of Agriculture are interested in determining the connection between pest insects infesting crop plants with populations of the same insect-infesting native plants in natural habitats. Long-term trapping and monitoring studies have estimated that on average 3% of the populations move between habitats (farm to natural and vis versa) each generation. A new insecticide resistance allele (∆K) has begun to increase in frequency in agricultural populations. A genotyping survey at this locus of 50 individuals in each population has revealed the following genotype counts: 4a. Based on the effects of migration alone, what will the frequency of ∆K be in the forest population in the next generation?   4b. If migration was acting in here without selection, what would the frequency of ΔK be in the agricultural population in the next generation?   4c. If the natural forest population was substantially larger than the agricultural population, how might that affect the evolution of ΔK by natural selection in the agricultural pest, and what is the term for this kind of effect?

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Entomologists at the New York State Department of Agriculture are interested in determining
the connection between pest insects infesting crop plants with populations of the same insect-infesting native plants in natural habitats. Long-term trapping and monitoring studies have estimated that on average 3% of the populations move between habitats (farm to natural and vis versa) each generation. A new insecticide resistance allele (∆K) has begun to increase in frequency in agricultural populations. A genotyping survey at this locus of 50 individuals in each population has revealed the following genotype counts:

4a. Based on the effects of migration alone, what will the frequency of ∆K be in the forest
population in the next generation?
 
4b. If migration was acting in here without selection, what would the frequency of ΔK be in the agricultural population in the next generation?
 
4c. If the natural forest population was substantially larger than the agricultural population, how might that affect the evolution of ΔK by natural selection in the agricultural pest, and what is the term for this kind of effect?
Agricultural field
Forest
K/K
32
48
Κ/ΔΚ
16
2
ΔΚ/ΔΚ
2
Ο
Transcribed Image Text:Agricultural field Forest K/K 32 48 Κ/ΔΚ 16 2 ΔΚ/ΔΚ 2 Ο
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