Ritwick Banerjee
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In an island with 10,000 individuals, four have sickle cell anemia, a
recessive autosomal disease. Assuming that the locus is in Hardy-Weinberg
equilibrium, how many individuals in that island are expected to be
heterozygous for the disease allele?
(a) 392
(b) 4
(c) 9996
(d) 9608
recessive autosomal disease. Assuming that the locus is in Hardy-Weinberg
equilibrium, how many individuals in that island are expected to be
heterozygous for the disease allele?
(a) 392
(b) 4
(c) 9996
(d) 9608
