A survey reveals that 25 percent of a population of 1,000 individuals have attached earlobes (are homozygous recessive for the trait). For the following questions, assume that the population fits the parameters of the Hardy-Weinburg law. What is the frequency of the recessive allele?

a. ?0.75
b. 0.75
c. ?0.50
d. ?0.25
e. 0.25


Ans: d. ?0.25

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