Assortative and disassortative mating are similar in that both ________

A. change only the expected Hardy-Weinberg allele frequencies in a population.
B. increase the proportion of homozygous individuals in a population.
C. change only the expected Hardy-Weinberg genotype frequencies in a population.
D. are examples of random mating.
E. change both the expected Hardy-Weinberg allele and genotype frequencies in a population.


Answer: C

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