Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Michael Cummings
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Chapter 4.3, Problem 2EG
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To explain: The reason for the higher frequency of major allele for albinism in smaller populations.
Introduction: According to the Hardy-Weinberg rule, the genotypic and allelic frequency of a population would remain constant in several generations in the absence of the evolutionary change. In a smaller population, the frequency of the allele is found to be higher.
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