Use Figure 25

question 15

Multiple Choice

Use Figure 25.3 to determine the BEST answers for the following question.
-When a population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, what is the significance of two alleles with equal frequencies (p = q = 0.5) ?

• A) These are the allelic frequencies found in most populations.
• B) These allelic frequencies maximize the proportion of homozygotes in the population.
• C) These allelic frequencies maximize the proportion of heterozygotes in the population.
• D) These allelic frequencies guarantee that neither allele will become fixed in a population.
• E) These allelic frequencies minimize the proportion of heterozygotes in the population.

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