Assume a population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for a character with these genotypic frequencies: AA = 0.25, Aa = 0.50, and aa = 0.25. If you remove all the homozygous dominants and allow the remaining population to reproduce (again under Hardy-Weinberg conditions), what will be the frequency of homozygous dominants in the next generation?

a. 0.11
b. 0
c. 0.22
d. 0.44
e. 0.50


Ans: a. 0.11

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