Question 11

(Multiple Choice)

Suppose 64% of a remote mountain village can taste phenylthiocarbamide PTC) and must therefore have at least one copy of the dominant PTC taster allele. If this population conforms to Hardy- Weinberg expectations for this gene, what percentage of the population must be heterozygous for this trait?


A) 48%
B) 16%
C) 32%
D) 60%
E) 40%

Answer