Topics: Population Genetics Quiz
In a population that is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, 1 out of 10 000 babies born is a victim of phenylketonuria (PKU). The victim is a homozygous recessive at the particular locus. What is the frequency of carriers for PKU in the population?
A. 0.0198
B. 0.9801
C. 0.0001
D. 0.0099
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Gene pool refers to
A. all the heritable genes for traits in a population
B. all the gametes produced by a population
C. all the genes that mutate in a single generation
D. the mutated alleles for a particular trait