Answer to Question #42383 in Biology for henry

Question

Suppose that every human gamete contains approximately 40,000 genes.

a. If the forward mutation rate is 1 × 10‐5 new mutations per gene per
generation, what is the average number of new mutations per gamete per
generation? Show your work.

b. What is the average number of new mutations per gamete per generation if
the forward mutation rate is 1×10‐4? Show your work.