Effect of directional selection on allele frequencies
2 homozygous genotypes at the locus:
AA
aa
If wAA < waa then there is directional selection
for homozygote aa.
Allele “a” will replace allele “A”
Allele “a” will become “fixed” in the popn.
w = fitness
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