Brachydactyly is a condition caused by an allele dominant to wild-type in humans, in which the...

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Brachydactyly is a condition caused by an allele dominant towild-type in humans, in which the fingers and toes are shortened.In a population of 10,000 people, 1,600 are BB, 4,800 areBb, and 3,600 are bb.

A)What percentage of people in this population have shortfingers and toes?

B)What is the frequency of the b allele?

C)Is this population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

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a As Dominant trait Shortend toes and fingers Recessive traitLong toes and fingers Dominant allele B Reccesssive alleleb Total no of individual with short toes fingers No of individual    See Answer
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