Some flowering plants cannot self-pollinate. This 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. An increase in heterozygotes would be observed.
B. An increase in homozygotes would be observed.
C. No change homozygotes or heterozygotes would be observed.
D. A decrease in heterozygotes would be observed.
E. The population would remain in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.


Answer: A

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