In a group of 500 people, the frequency of genotype NN is 40%. Assuming both autosomal inheritance and that the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, how many individuals would you expect to have the MN genotype?

A) 68
B) 232
C) 300
D) 200
E) 258


B

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