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IAT IISER2023BiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and Variation

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?

Options

  1. A4
  2. B9996
  3. C9608
  4. D392

Correct answer

D. 392

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