In an Isolated Population of Fruit Flies, 4% of the Individuals

question 53

Multiple Choice

In an isolated population of fruit flies, 4% of the individuals have pink eyes, a homozygous recessive condition, and 96% have the dominant black eye phenotype. What percentage of the population are heterozygotes?

• A) 32%
• B) 16%
• C) 48%
• D) 88%
• E) 4%

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Definitions:

Population Variance

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data points in a population, calculated as the average of the squared deviations from the mean.

Sample Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points in a sample, illustrating how much the data differ from the mean.

Grouped Data

Data that has been organized into categories, classes, or intervals, often to simplify analysis and find frequency distributions.

Ungrouped Data

Data that has not been organized into groups or categories and is presented in raw form.