CAMPBELL BIOLOGY IN FOCUS (LL)-W/MOD.MA
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Chapter 21.2, Problem 3CC
WHAT IF? A locus that affects susceptibility to a degenerative brain disease has two alleles, V and v. In a population, 16 people have genotype VV, 92 have genotype Vv, and 12 have genotype vv. Is this population evolving? Explain.
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