Question 9

(Multiple Choice)

Suppose that in a population the frequency of a particular recessive condition is 1/400. Assume the presence of only a dominant allele (A) and a recessive allele (a) in the population and that the population is at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. What is the frequency of heterozygotes in the population?


A) 0.0025
B) 0.05
C) 0.095
D) 0.9025
E) 0.0475

Answer