In a Population of 1000 Plants, the Frequency of the a Allele

question 24

Multiple Choice

In a population of 1000 plants, the frequency of the a allele is 5 percent.Suppose a fire causes the loss of 500 individuals who are homozygous for the A allele.In this case the fire caused the frequency of a to change from ______ to ______.

• A)5; 1
• B)0.05; 1.0
• C)0.05; 0.1
• D)0.5; 1.0
• E)0.5; 0.1

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