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1) In a sparrow population, we are interested in two biallelic genes, one which controls beak color (Bb) and one which affects rump color (Rr).

1) In a sparrow population, we are interested in two biallelic genes, one which controls beak color (Bb) and one which affects rump color (Rr). There are four possible haplotypes which are present at different frequencies in the population: BR = 0.4, Br = 0.1, bR = 0.2, and br = 0.3. Given this information answer part a-c

a)What is the allele frequency of B? _____

b) What is the allele frequency of R? _____

c) Is the allele state of the beak color locus independent of the allele state of the rump color locus? yes/no

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