Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) is a compound that tastes either v…
Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) is a compound that tastes either very bitter or is tasteless, depending on the person’s genetic makeup. Suppose 64 percent of people living in a remote, isolated mountain village can taste PTC and must, therefore, have at least one copy of the dominant PTC taster allele. If this population conforms to Hardy-Weinberg expectations for this gene, what percentage of the population must be heterozygous for this trait?
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