Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)
Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305251052
Author: Michael Cummings
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 19, Problem 7QP

How Can We Measure Allele Frequencies in Populations?

Drawing on your newly acquired understanding of the Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium law, point out why the following statement is erroneous: “Because most of the people in Sweden have blond hair and blue eyes, the genes for blond hair and blue eyes must be dominant in that population.”

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