The ability to taste the compound sodium benzoate is controlled by the dominant allele 'B', while individuals homozygous for the recessive allele 'b' are unable to taste this compound. In a population of 1000 individuals, 100 are unable to taste sodium benzoate. Assume that this population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.

a. 0.250
b. 0.316
c. 0.432
d. 0.949


Ans: b. 0.316

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