A researcher examines a microsatellite locus in a wild population of D.melanogaster.He finds that in a sample of 50 individuals,20 different alleles are segregating.The best explanation for the presence of all of these alleles is
A) balancing selection.
B) mutation.
C) the neutral theory.
D) overdominance.
E) the law of large numbers.
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A)a large number of
A)the probability of two
A)only
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