A Human Autosomal Recessive Trait Appears in 1 in 100

question 56

Multiple Choice

A human autosomal recessive trait appears in 1 in 100 births.What percent of people are homozygous dominant for this trait?

• A)0.01
• B)0.10
• C)0.18
• D)0.81

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Definitions:

Population Regression Line

The line that best describes the relationship between an independent variable and a dependent variable for the entire population.

Population Coefficient

A parameter that quantifies a certain characteristic or attribute of a population.

Correlation

A statistical measurement of the relationship between two variables, indicating how one may predict the other.

Coefficient of Determination

Denoted as R-squared, it measures the proportion of the variance in the dependent variable that is predictable from the independent variable(s) in a regression model.