Imagine that you are a conservation biologist responsible for the well-being of a bufello herd consisting of 100 mature males and 100 mature females. In this herd, there is no appreciable mutation, there is no migration in or out, and there is no selection. At the Fuzzy gene locus, there are two alleles, G and E. Homozygous G individuals have fuzzy fur, homozygous E individuals have rough fur, and heterozygotes have shaggy fur. Suppose you survey the herd and find that there are 44 fuzzy individuals, 72 shaggy individuals, and 84 rough individuals. a)What is the size of the population? b)Do the alleles have a simple dominance relationship? Describe. c)What are the frequencies of the two alleles? d)Is the population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?If not, how do you know, and what might be the cause?

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Conservation Biology

The study of how to prevent the loss of biological diversity on the planet is called conservation. Biological diversity, also termed biodiversity, consists of various life forms found in a specific location or across the entire planet, including ecosystems, species, populations, and genes. Conservation thus aims to protect the diversity of life at all levels of biological organization.