Suppose the size of a population of crickets is 1,500.According to the theory that neutral variants accumulate through genetic drift, what is the probability that a newly arisen neutral mutation will become fixed in this population?
A) 1/2
B) 1/1,500
C) 1/3,000
D) 1/6,000
E) 1/12,000
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