A whole group of organisms of identical species living and reproducing within a provided geographical location is called a population. Example population of a deer living in a forest.
Yes, it’s scientifically possible for a population of rats to carry different genetic mutations.
What is mutation and how does it affect the population?
- The mutation is a change in the genetic sequence of an individual that makes them different from the other population of the same species. The mutation can benefit them in adapting to the modified conditions or can cause disease.
- It indeed is probable that the North American rat population can carry distinct mutations than rats of Norway in Africa as the genetic mutation is a random process and can affect the population of the same species but in different geographical regions distinctly.
- It is also likely that the two populations can have identical mutations if it happened in a shared predecessor, or if the modification happened before the populations became allopatric.
- By analyzing the genomes of each population scientists can analyse the rate and the reason for the mutations. The rate of the mutation, its evolutionary time, and its origin from the common ancestor can be investigated.
Thus, mutation can be the same or different.
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