Class: Biological Anthropology

Prompt:

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• In a human population, hitchhiker's thumb is a Mendelian trait. For this trait, H is the dominant allele and h is the recessive allele. Individuals who are homozygous dominant (HH) or heterozygous (Hh) express non-hitchhiker's thumbs. Individuals who are homozygous recessive (hh) express hitchhiker's thumbs. In this population, 90% (.9) of the alleles are dominant (H) and 10% (.1) are recessive (h).
• You have collected data on the observed genotype frequencies of the next generation in population Answer: They are 70% HH, 20% Hh, and 10% hh.

Question:

1. Based on these observations and your expectations, is this trait currently evolving in this population? Why or why not?

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