Consider a population of 10 million cells. Given the per-capita birth rate of 0.002 (per unit time) and the per-capita death rate of 0.002 (per unit time), the expected number of cells after 10 generations is .
- 100 million
- 1 million
- 5 million
- 10 million
Answer
(4) 10 million
Solution
Intrinsic rate of natural increase r = b - d = 0.002 - 0.002 = 0.
Since r = 0, the net growth rate dNdt = rN = 0.
Therefore, the population size remains unchanged at 10 million.
Answer: (4)