You return to the meadow a year later and find that the population has been reduced to 5,200 butterflies but this smaller population still contains 1,250 black-winged butterflies (bb). What is the new value for q? (Hint: you can calculate q since you know the frequency of the homozygous recessive genotype. You will need a calculator for this particular problem.) O A. 0.41 O B. 0.49 OC.0.59 O D.0.51 QUESTION 20 You return to the meadow a year later and find that the population has been reduced to 5,200 butterflies but this smaller population still contains 1,250 black-winged butterflies (bb). IF the population has returned to H-W equilibrium, how many butterflies would you expect to have the homozygous dominant genotype? O A. 1250 O B. 2599 O C. 3950 O D. 1351

You return to the meadow a year later and find that the population has been reduced to 5,200 butterflies but this smaller population still contains 1,250 black-winged butterflies (bb). What is the new value for q? (Hint: you can calculate q since you know the frequency of the homozygous recessive genotype. You will need a calculator for this particular problem.) O A. 0.41 O B. 0.49 OC.0.59 O D.0.51 QUESTION 20 You return to the meadow a year later and find that the population has been reduced to 5,200 butterflies but this smaller population still contains 1,250 black-winged butterflies (bb). IF the population has returned to H-W equilibrium, how many butterflies would you expect to have the homozygous dominant genotype? O A. 1250 O B. 2599 O C. 3950 O D. 1351

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