Principles of Biology
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 19.3, Problem 1CC
What is the frequency of pink flowers in a population in which the allele frequency of CR is 0.4 and the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? Assume that and CR are Cw the only two alleles.
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