Jeffrey Pines from Mt

question 36

Multiple Choice

Jeffrey Pines from Mt. Rose were genotyped at a resistance gene for a type of fungi that affects pines. Genotypes of 1000 of these Jeffrey Pines were: 300 R1R1, 500 R1R2, and 200 R2R2. Use a chi- square (χ2) test to determine if this population is in Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium? The critical chi- square value at P=.05 for 1 degree of freedom is 3.84.

• A) 0.10; fail to reject
• B) 10; fail to reject
• C) 0.10; reject
• D) 10; reject
• E) 37.5; reject

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