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A cricket has a diploid genome of 1.2 billion base pairs.Assume that there are about 200,000 individuals in the population and that the mutation rate is one per 100 million base pairs.
-About how many new mutations will occur in each generation of the population of crickets?
A) 1.2
B) 12
C) 200,000
D) 1 million
E) 2.4 million

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Each cricket has 1.2 billion base pairs, and with a mutation rate of 1 per 100 million base pairs, each cricket will have 12 mutations (1.2 billion / 100 million). With 200,000 crickets, the total number of new mutations per generation is 2.4 million (12 mutations per cricket * 200,000 crickets).

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