Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

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2. To test for statistical significance of the association of a SNP with a trait, the null hypothesis in a chi-square test for independence is that the one of the SNP alleles is more common in the Cases than in the Controls.
3. The fish population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium before the asteroid hit.




1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3.FALSE

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