Campbell Biology in Focus
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Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Rebecca Orr
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Chapter 21, Problem 5TYU
A fruit fly population has a gene with two alleles, A1 and A2. Tests show that 70% of the gametes produced in the population contain the A1 allele. If the population is in Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium, what proportion of the flies carry both A1 and A2?
- A. 0.7
- B. 0.49
- C. 0.42
- D. 0.21
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