Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
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Author: Mark F. Sanders, John L. Bowman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 20, Problem 21P
The frequency of tasters and nontasters of PTC (see Problem
a. Calculate the frequency of the dominant (T) allele for PTC tasting and the recessive (t) allele for nontasting in each population.
b. Assuming that Hardy
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Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
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