A cricket has a diploid genome of 1.2 billion bp.Assume that there are about 200,000 individuals in the population and that the mutation rate is 1 per 100 million bp.About how many new mutations will occur in each generation of the population of crickets?

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Given a diploid genome size of 1.2 billion bp and a mutation rate of 1 per 100 million bp, each individual will have 12 new mutations per generation (1.2 billion / 100 million = 12). With 200,000 individuals, the total number of new mutations per generation is 12 mutations/individual * 200,000 individuals = 2.4 million mutations.

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