When nonrandom mating occurs in a population so that individuals prefer to mate with similar individuals, allele frequencies should
A) Remain the same, but homozygotes will be overrepresented in the population.
B) Remain the same, but heterozygotes will be overrepresented in the population.
C) Change and heterozygotes will be overrepresented in the population.
D) Change and homozygotes will be overrepresented in the population.
E) Remain the same, at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
Answer: A
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