Suppose a disease is caused by a recessive allele. Individuals with the disease produce only about 60% of the offspring of individuals with the normal phenotype. The mutation rate from the dominant to the recessive allele is 1 × 10^-5. At mutation-selection equilibrium, what will be the frequency of the recessive allele?

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The Answer of Suppose a disease is caused by a recessive allele. Individuals with the disease produce only about 60% of the offspring of individuals with the normal phenotype. The mutation rate from the dominant to the recessive allele is 1 × 10^-5. At mutation-selection equilibrium, what will be the frequency of the recessive allele?

Suppose a Disease Is Caused by a Recessive Allele