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A large study of DNA from people in the USA determined that thefrequency for the recessive allele for ear shape .2 and thedominant is .8. If 10 % of the population shows the recessivephenotype is the population in HW equilibrium for this trait? Notethat the population of the USA is over 200 million!

no

yes

cannot be determined from the data given

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Ans Yes the population is in HW equilibrium Explanation Given recessive allele frequency p 02 dominant allele frequency q 08 Now population of USA 200 million 10 of population shows recessive phenotype ie recessive    See Answer
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