The A-B-O blood types are determined by three alleles I^A,I^B,and i.In one population the frequency of individuals who are homozygous for type A blood is 0.063,the frequency of individuals who are homozygous for type B blood is 0.015,and the frequency of individuals who are blood type O is 0.44.What is the frequency of the i allele? A) 0.251 B) 0.663 C) 0.166 D) 0.333 E) 0.061

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The frequency of the i allele can be calculated using the Hardy-Weinberg principle. Given that the frequency of type O blood (ii) is 0.44, and knowing that this represents the homozygous condition (ii), we can calculate the frequency of the i allele as the square root of 0.44, which gives us 0.663. This is because the frequency of type O blood is equal to the frequency of the i allele squared (p^2 for homozygous conditions in Hardy-Weinberg).

The A-B-O Blood Types Are Determined by Three Alleles IA,IB,and

The A-B-O Blood Types Are Determined by Three Alleles I^A,I^B,and