Suppose that global warming causes ocean rise that obliterates most of the Gulf Coast of Florida and much of its human population, and that radiation leaking from the destroyed Big Bend Nuclear Power Station causes a mutation that yields green hair in humans with the homozygous recessive mutant allele. Many years pass and a new island appears in the Gulf. This island is then colonized by an intrepid human population that is fixed for the recessive green hair allele. If the island population grows to 10,000 individuals and then a new mutation arises once in the population, with a single individual becoming heterozygous for the green hair locus, a) What is the probability that this non-green hair allele will reach fixation by genetic drift? (Assume no selection or additional mutation at this locus). b) What is the average time to fixation of this new non-green allele?

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Genetic Evolution

Sexual reproduction produces distinct population variations. Heredity determines the traits and qualities to be passed down to the progeny. Over time, this variation within-species is also affected by the process of human evolution. The study of how genetic variation leads to evolutionary changes is known as genetic evolution. If a trait helps an organism to survive and reproduce, it is more likely to be passed down the generations. It is rare that such traits result in a completely distinct set of traits in descendants than the ancestral population; this can result in the emergence of a new species.