In a Population, Freckles Is Inherited as a Dominant Trait

question 77

Multiple Choice

In a population, freckles is inherited as a dominant trait. Individuals that are homozygous recessive lack freckles. If 1% of the population lacks freckles, and the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium at this locus, what percentage of the next generation will lack freckles?

• A) None, since it is a recessive condition.
• B) 1%
• C) 2%
• D) 50%
• E) 99%

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