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In a specific population of plants the occurrence of homozygous recessive (aa) individuals is determined to...

In a specific population of plants the occurrence of homozygous recessive (aa) individuals is determined to be 9%. Assume the population is in Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium.

  1. What is the frequency of the dominant (A) allele in the population?
  1. 0.9
  2. 0.7
  3. 0.3
  4. 0.09

  1. What is the frequency of the recessive (a) allele in the population?
  1. 0.9
  2. 0.7
  3. 0.3
  4. 0.09

  1. What is the frequency of the homozygous dominant individuals in the population?
  1. 0.810
  2. 0.490
  3. 0.900
  4. 0.081

  1. What is the frequency of the heterozygotes in the population?
  1. 0.49
  2. 0.42
  3. 0.38
  4. 0.09

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Frequency of Recessive individual (a) in population

Frequency of Dominant Allele (A) in population

Frequency of Homozygous Dominant Allele(AA) in population

Frequency of Heterozygous individual in a population :

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