If the frequency of the A3 allele of a creatine phosphatase locus in a population of lions is 0.4, how many copies of that allele should we expect to see in a population of 500 lions?
A) 100
B) 200
C) 400
D) 500
E) 600

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The frequency of an allele is the number of copies of that allele in a population divided by the total number of alleles in the population. In this case, the frequency of the A3 allele is 0.4, which means that there are 400 copies of the A3 allele in a population of 1000 lions. Therefore, we would expect to see 200 copies of the A3 allele in a population of 500 lions.

If the Frequency of the A3 Allele of a Creatine