Which of the Following Is NOT True About the Hardy-Weinberg

question 8

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT true about the Hardy-Weinberg formula?

• A)It is helpful to doctors and genetic counselors.
• B)It can predict the carrier frequency of alleles known to cause genetic disorders.
• C)It can explain why some individuals absorb too much iron from their food.
• D)The math is useful in research on the effects of a mutant BRCA2 allele.
• E)It can predict that the frequency of hemochromatosis carriers in Irish populations is 0.24

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