Use Figure 25

Multiple Choice

Use Figure 25.3 to determine the BEST answers for the following question.
-When a population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, what is the significance of two alleles with equal frequencies (p = q = 0.5) ?

A) These are the allelic frequencies found in most populations.
B) These allelic frequencies maximize the proportion of homozygotes in the population.
C) These allelic frequencies maximize the proportion of heterozygotes in the population.
D) These allelic frequencies guarantee that neither allele will become fixed in a population.
E) These allelic frequencies minimize the proportion of heterozygotes in the population.