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The fitness for a particular species of South American bats is determined by a single gene...

The fitness for a particular species of South American bats is determined by a single gene locus with two segregating alleles, (W) and (w), that determines echo-location ability. The dominant allele W causes normal echo-location, whereas the recessive allele w impairs echo-location ability. In the large bat population that you are studying, you determine initial frequencies of the W and w alleles to be 0.6 (p) and 0.4 (q), respectively. If the genotypes are in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium on fertilization, and the selection coefficient (s) is 0.36, determine the effects of natural selection on the allele frequencies after one generation. (Please explain)

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