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Question: Wing coloration in the scarlet tiger moth (Panaxia dominula) has previously been shown to behave as a single-locus, two-allele system with incomplete dominance.

a) Is the following population of moths in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? Use a Chi-square test to determine and explain your result.

b) Calculate F for this data set. What can you conclude from your results?

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