Question

In a population of 400 individuals, frequency of recessive allele is 40%. Find out which of these represents the total number of individuals with dominant phenotype?

A

144

B

192

C

256

D

336

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Answer 1

Option A is correct.

The total number of the people with dominant phenotype is 144 people.

Explanation:

• A recessive able is basically a genetic code that doesn't create any phenotype if there is a dominant allele.
• It is a particular segment of DNA.
• While a dominant allele is the one that creates a certain phenotype even when a recessive allele is present.