Using the example from the previous question, where you and…
Using the example from the previous question, where you and 19 of your friends, (four of whom were heterozygous for the recessive cystic fibrosis allele), if the frequency of this allele (which you calculated) does not change as the population grows, what will be the instance of cystic fibrosis on your island? In other words, what percent of your total population will have the cystic fibrosis disease phenotype? (Remember, only those who have the homozygous recessive genotype have this disease phenotype).
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