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Tasmanian devils once inhabited most of present-day Australia, but only an isolated population on the island of Tasmania has survived to the present day. Which of the following processes has likely affected Tasmanian devils as a result of this history?

Tasmanian devils once inhabited most of present-day Australia, but only an isolated population on the island of Tasmania has survived to the present day. Which of the following processes has likely affected Tasmanian devils as a result of this history?

Describe the general idea of coalescence when referring to gene genealogies. How does population size affect the coalescent point? How does selection influence the time until coalescence?

What are the three possible fates of paralogs?

In the following figure, what do circles with no lines extending from them represent?

In the Hardy-Weinberg equation, what does 2pq refer to?

What is the neutral theory of molecular evolution? What is the nearly neutral theory of molecular evolution?

Proponents of the neutral theory of molecular evolution believe that most substitutions are fixed by _______.

What is the neutral theory of molecular evolution? What is the nearly neutral theory of molecular evolution?