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Assume that a human population consists of 5,000 reproducing females and 7,000 reproducing males. (a) What is the effective population size on the autosomes? (b) What is the expected time (in generations) for a pair of autosomes to coalesce? (c) What is the effective population size on the Y-chromosome? (d) What is the expected time (in generations) for a pair of Y chromosomes to reach their most recent common ancestor?