Albinism Is an Autosomal Recessive Trait in Humans

question 54

Multiple Choice

Albinism is an autosomal recessive trait in humans.Assume that there are 100 albinos (aa) in a population of 1 million.How many individuals would be expected to be homozygous normal (AA) under equilibrium conditions?

• A) 100
• B) 10,000
• C) 19,800
• D) 980,100
• E) 999,900

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Hyperbola

A type of smooth curve lying in a plane, defined as the locus of points such that the difference between the distances from two fixed points (foci) is constant.

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Hyperbola

A type of smooth curve lying in a plane, defined by its geometric properties or by equations for which it is the solution set.