Some Flowering Plants Cannot Self-Pollinate Which Increases Their Tendency to Mate

question 57

Multiple Choice

Some flowering plants cannot self-pollinate which increases their tendency to mate with phenotypically different mates,a process called disassortative mating.What effect would this have on a population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

• A)An increase in heterozygotes would be observed.
• B)A decrease in heterozygotes would be observed.
• C)An increase in homozygotes would be observed.
• D)No change homozygotes or heterozygotes would be observed.
• E)The population would remain in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.

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