Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337408332
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 17, Problem 4SQ
A wild population of pea plants has two alleles for flower color in its gene pool. A dominant allele (P) specifies purple flowers; a recessive allele (p) specifies white flowers. If the die frequency of allele P is 0.75, what is the expected frequency of allele p?
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