In a population of 1000 baby kitties, 40 are white because of a recessive allele (b). Non-white cats are either homozygous dominant (BB) or heterozygous dominant (Bb). What is the frequency of heterozygous kitties in the population?A. 0.2B. 0.32C. 0.8Please show all the work!
In a population of 1000 baby kitties, 40 are white because of a recessive allele (b). Non-white cats are either homozygous dominant (BB) or heterozygous dominant (Bb). What is the frequency of heterozygous kitties in the population?
A. 0.2
B. 0.32
C. 0.8
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