Biological Science
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Author: Scott Freeman
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Chapter 26, Problem 7TYU
QUANTITATIVE In a population of 2500, how many babies would you expect to have cystic fibrosis, a homozygous recessive condition, if the frequency of the dominant allele is 0.9 and the population is at Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium?
a. 0.9 × 2500 = 2025
b. 2 × 0.9 × 0.1× 2500 = 800
c. 0.9 × 0.1 × 2500 = 400
d. 0.1 × 0.1 × 2500 = 25
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