Percentage of the population that is homozygous

Reference no: EM13195526

In a Hardy-Weinberg population with two alleles, A and a, that are in equilibrium, the frequency of the allele a is 0.7.

a. What is the percentage of the population that is homozygous for this allele?
b. What is the percentage of the population that is heterozygous?

Reference no: EM13195526

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