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1)A population originally has 500 males and 500 females, all of whom breed

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1)A population originally has 500 males and 500 females, all of whom breed.  A hurricane greatly reduces the population’s size to 10 males and 10 females.  The original population had an approximately equal number of blue eye color alleles and brown eye color alleles.  The population after the hurricane has a blue eye color allele frequency of 0.9 and a brown eye color allele frequency of 0.10.  What type of event has this population experienced causing it to become so small and what is the probability that the brown eye color allele will become fixed in this population?  If the brown eye does become fixed in this population, which force of evolution is most likely responsible for its fixation?

2. The frequency of two alleles, F and f, in each of three populations of Dalmatians is 0.25 and 0.75. 

3. What are the genotype frequencies in a population with an inbreeding coefficient of 0?
4. What are the genotype frequencies in a population with an inbreeding coefficient of 0.50?
5. What are the genotype frequencies in a population with an inbreeding coefficient of 0.90?
6. What happens to all three genotype frequencies as inbreeding increases?