The Frequency of the Recessive Allele in a Population Is

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Essay

The frequency of the recessive allele in a population is 0.4 and the observed genotypic frequencies are 0.75 for the homozygous dominants, 0.15 for the heterozygotes, and 0.1 for homozygous recessives.  Is this population evolving?  Show your work.

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