Some flowering plants cannot self-pollinate which increases their tendency to mate with phenotypically different mates, a process called disassortative mating.  What effect would this have on a population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?  

A.  The population would remain in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
B.  A decrease in heterozygotes would be observed.
C.  An increase in heterozygotes would be observed.
D.  No change homozygotes or heterozygotes would be observed.
E.  An increase in homozygotes would be observed.


C.  An increase in heterozygotes would be observed.

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