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A Recessive X-Linked Character Appears in 40 Percent of Males

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A recessive X-linked character appears in 40 percent of males and 16 percent of females in a randomly interbreeding population.Assume only two alleles are present.What are the allele frequencies? How many females are heterozygotes? How many males are heterozygotes?


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