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qid 3023 · biology

Question: The ability to roll the tongue is conferred by a dominant gene, while its recessive allele fails to confer this ability. If 16 percent of the students in a school cannot roll their tongues, what percentage of students are heterozygous?

  1. 36 percent
  2. 32 percent
  3. 24 percent
  4. 40 percent
  5. 20 percent
  6. 48 percent
  7. 68 percent
  8. 16 percent
  9. 64 percent
  10. 52 percent

Our answer: F. 48 percent Source quote machine-checked (exact quote)

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OpenStax, Biology 2e, Section 19.1 Population Evolution, Figure 19.2 caption (Hardy-Weinberg example)

https://openstax.org/books/biology-2e/pages/19-1-population-evolution

“The dominant capital Y allele results in yellow pea color, and the recessive small y allele results in green pea color.”

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https://openstax.org/books/biology-2e/pages/19-1-population-evolution

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