Alakazam is a blue jay is a recessive trait overtime to percentage of albino Blue Jays in the population remain stable in the population fro

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1. Question:

   Albinism in blue jays is a recessive trait. Over time, the percentage of albino blue jays in a population will remain stable in a population from generation to generation if which conditions are met?

   Answer:

   1. Random matings
   2. No superposed generations
   3. No mutations
   4. No migration
   5. Infinite population size
   6. No natural selection

   Explanation:

   If frequencies stabilize in the population, generation after generation, then it means the population met Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Populations in H-W equilibrium will get the same allelic frequencies generation after generation.

   Hardy-Weinberg assumption for a population in equilibrium:  

   • Random matings: Any individual get crossed with any other individual

   • No superposed generations: each individual can leave their gametes in the pool only once.  

   • No mutations: No mutations originate in any new gametes.

   • No migration: No incorporation of gametes from other populations    

   • Infinite population size: the probabilities of randomly taking an A gamete from the pool are p, and the probability of taking a B gamete is q.  

   • No natural selection: Each individual has equal surviving and reproducing probabilities as any other, contributing proportionally to the gamete pool.

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