1A) When you have extreme inbreeding (i.e. same genotypes mate to give rise to the next generation), the percent of heterozygotes will decrease by ________ % a generation, whereas the percent of AA homozygotes will increase ________ % each generation and the percent of aa homozygotes will increase ________ % each generation . 60, 40, 0 none 50, 25, 25 50, 10, 40 25, 50, 25 1B) What is the one measurement we have to make if we want to know the percentage of particular genotypes within an actual population, assuming complete dominance and two alleles?     the frequency of dominant phenotypes     the frequency of heterozygous genotypes     the frequency of recessive phenotypes     all of the options are correct     the frequency of heterozygous phenotypes

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