A group starts a new poulation in total isolation from the rest of the world. There are 50 total people starting the population (25 men, 25 women). 8 of these poeple are carriers for sickle cell anemia (they are heterozygotes). Aumming the frequency of this allele does not change as the population grows, what will be the incident of sickle cell anemia on the isalnd?

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A group starts a new poulation in total isolation from the rest of the world. There are 50 total people starting the population (25 men, 25 women). 8 of these poeple are carriers for sickle cell anemia (they are heterozygotes). Aumming the frequency of this allele does not change as the population grows, what will be the incident of sickle cell anemia on the isalnd? 

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