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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 0.1. What is the frequency of individuals with AA genotype?
A) 0.20
B) 0.32
C) 0.42
D) 0.81


Hawke

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2013
Hello

D is the answer.


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