Selection against a recessive lethal gene, lt, in Wallace's experiment.  Predicted curve is expected change in gene frequency for a recessive lethal.  Observed curve is actual change in gene frequency of lt in the experiment.

Figure from J. Roughgarden.  1979.  Theory of Population Genetics and Evolutionary Ecology: An Introduction.  MacMillan, New York, NY.

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