Question

A population with polymorphism but no heterozygous individuals Group of answer choices

A. Has heterozygosity = 0.0 because you can't have any heterozygosity if you have no heterozygotes.

B. Has heterozygosity = 0.0 because heterozygosity is dependent on the frequency of the heterozygous genotype.

C. Has heterozygosity > 0.0 because heterozygosity is only dependent on the frequencies of the alleles, not the genotypes.

D. Has heterozygosity > 0.0 becauase heterozygosity is dependent on the frequencies of all genotypes, not just the heterozygous genotype.

Answer 1

The word heterozygosity mean hetero mean different and zygote mean seed from genetics perspective,seed would refer to the allele thus, the term heterozygous would mean different alleles. In diploid organisms carry two alleles for each gene when an individual carries two different alleles for a given gene, they are heterozygous. the Answer is C one allele is dominant to the other and the dominant phenotype is observed.