In a Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, as the frequencies of homozygous genotypes increase, the frequency of the

heterozygous genotype _____.
a. doubles
b. is reduced by a factor of 10
c. increases linearly
d. decreases linearly
e. remains the same


b

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