Question

The number of alleles for a given trait were about equal at the start of the lab.That is, for the trait "freeze reflex", for example, there were an equal number of dominant and recessive alleles. Because of this, how many people in class probably began the simlulation as heterozygotes? 25%?, 30%, 50%, 75% , 100% How many were homozygous dominant? Homozygous recessive?

Answer 1

Approximately 50% heterozygotes, 25% homozygous dominant, 25% homozygous recessive