Consider a locus in which the fitness of AA and Aa genotypes are greater than the fitness of aa genotype. In addition, this locus experiences forward mutation from the A allele to a allele. At this locus, the A allele:

a. will always go to fixation.
b. will always be lost.
c. will never go to fixation.
d. will never change.
e. None of the above.


C

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