If 10% of the human population exhibited an undesirable recessive human trait, sterilizing all those showing the trait would completely eliminate this gene in humans in about ____ generation(s).

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Sterilizing individuals showing a recessive trait would not eliminate the gene from the human population because carriers of the gene who do not express the trait (heterozygotes) would still pass it on to future generations.

If 10% of the Human Population Exhibited an Undesirable Recessive