A population of ants has a body color that is either red or black. The color is...

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Apopulation of ants has a body color that is either red or black.The color is a result of one gene, with two alleles: The \"B\" allele(dominant) produces the black color, while the \"b\" allele(recessive) produces the red color. The gene system demonstratescomplete dominance. The population is in HardyWeinberg equilibrium.In this population there are 38 black ants while there are 162 redones. Determine the following genotypic and allele frequencies:Genotypic frequencies : Freq * (BB) = Freq * (Bb) = Freq * (bb) =Allele frequencies: Freq * (B) = Freq * (b) =

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number of red ants bb 162number of black ants 38total number of ants 200frequency of bb genotype number of ants with bb    See Answer
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