Assume That a Trait Is Caused by the Homozygous State

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Short Answer

Assume that a trait is caused by the homozygous state of a gene that is recessive and autosomal.Nine percent of the individuals in a given population express the phenotype caused by this gene.What percentage of the individuals would be heterozygous for the gene? Assume that the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.

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