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In a population of 6000 individuals 2000 belong to genotype AA,3500 to Aa and the remaining 500 to aa. Based on this data, the frequency of allel A in the population is

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0.5
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0.4
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0.6
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0.3
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The correct option is A 0.5
In the population of 6000 Individuals 2000 belong to genotype =AA
3500 elong to genotype =Aa
500 belong to genotype =aa
therefore from the given data we can conclude that there are total six allels in th epopulation
therefore, Allele frequency for A is 36
f(A)=12=0.5
Hence the allel frequency of A is 0.5

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