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Garrulous

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on: Jul 9, 2013
In a Hardy-Weinberg population with two alleles, A and a, that are in equilibrium, the frequency of the allele a is 0.3. What is the percentage of the population that is homozygous for this allele?
A) 0.09
B) 0.49
C) 0.9
D) 9.0
E) 49.0


Hawke

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2013
Hello

D is the answer.


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