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Assume that the human population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. If 0.38, or 38%, of the population have the disease, what is the percentage of the population that are carriers…
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Assume that the human population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. If 0.38, or 38%, of the population have the disease, what is the percentage of the population that are carriers of the disease-causing allele
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The percentage of the population that are carriers of the disease-causing allele is 0.62, or 62%
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