Imagine you were trying to test whether a population of flowers is undergoing evolution. In a field, you can't 600 blue flowers and 200 red flowers, and you know from previous research that blue flower color is dominant to red flower color. What would you expect the allele frequency's of this flower population to be

Imagine you were trying to test whether a population of flowers is undergoing evolution. In a field, you can't 600 blue flowers and 200 red flowers, and you know from previous research that blue flower color is dominant to red flower color. What would you expect the allele frequency's of this flower population to be

Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305251052

Author:Michael Cummings

Publisher:Michael Cummings

Chapter19: Population Genetics And Human Evolution

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 7QP: How Can We Measure Allele Frequencies in Populations? Drawing on your newly acquired understanding...

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