1. Describe how the phenotype of individuals with sickle-cell disease influences how common the Hbs allele is in the population: Do individuals with sickle-cell disease typically have many offspring? What effect does the fact that individuals with sickle-cell disease do not produce many offspring have on the frequency of the Hbs allele in the population over time? Given this, do you expect the Hbs allele to be common or rare in populations?

1. Describe how the phenotype of individuals with sickle-cell disease influences how common the Hbs allele is in the population: Do individuals with sickle-cell disease typically have many offspring? What effect does the fact that individuals with sickle-cell disease do not produce many offspring have on the frequency of the Hbs allele in the population over time? Given this, do you expect the Hbs allele to be common or rare in populations?

Biology 2e

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Chapter12: Mendel's Experiments And Heredity

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