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According to Hardy-Weinberg's law, if the frequency of non-tasters of PTC paper in a population, is , then find out the frequency of dominant allele. Also calculate the percentage of heterozygous individuals in the population.
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Correct option: D
Frequency of dominant allele 0.6, % of heterozygous individuals
Option D (Frequency of dominant allele 0.6, % of heterozygous individuals ) is correct because it is calculated using the Hardy-Weinberg equation, where q2 is 0.16, q is 0.4, p is 0.6, and 2pq is 0.48.
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