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Use the following information to answer the next question. In populations where it is common for first cousins to marry, some autosomal recessive disorder such as albinism and phenylketonuria are far more likely to occur than elsewhere. 46) If the frequency of a recessive allele changes from 0.0001 to 0.01 after several generations, the most probable reason is that A. random mating is occurring B. non-random mating is occurring C. a high rate of mutation is involved D. inbreeding causes the population to increase Use the following information to answer the following question

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Autosomal recessive is the trait that are present in autosomes and are recessive in nature which means that they are not appers in every generations but they passed from generations to generations and appear as a phenotype or traits in a particular generation. while the  autosomal recessive disorder can be observed when the presence of two copies of any abnormal gene for the development of trait or disease.

According to the question the frequency of recessive allele changes from 0.0001 to 0.01 which means that the frequency for a particular disorder such as albinism and phenylketonuria are increases this is due to a simple reason of non random mating between the population causing this

So the correct answer for the question is (B) Non random mating is occuring which are responsible for changing the frequency from 0.00001 to 0.01.