Study Guide for Campbell Biology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134443775
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Michael A. Pollock
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 23, Problem 2IQ
In a population of 200 mice, 98 are homozygous dominant for brown fur (BB), 84 are heterozygous (Bb), and 18 are homozygous recessive for white fur (bb).
- a. The genotype frequencies of this population are
_________ BB _________ Bb _________ bb.
- b. The allele frequencies of this population are
_________ B allele _________ b allele.
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