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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 allele a is 0.2. What is the percentage of the population that is heterozygous for this allele?
A) 0.2
B) 2.0
C) 4.0
D) 16.0
E) 32.0


Hawke

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2013
Hello

E is the answer.


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