Sunday, 25 October 2015

genetics - Probability for a megafauna specimen to exhibit a gene not present in either parent


What is the rough probability for a megafauna specimen to exhibit a gene not present in either parent?


I'm looking, ideally, at the chance for one specific individual to be the first in a breeding population to have a given gene.




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