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Let’s suppose that weight in a species of mammal is polygenic, and each gene exists as a heavy and light allele. If the allele frequencies in the population are equal for both types of alleles (i.e., 50% heavy alleles and 50% light alleles), what percentage of individuals will be homozygous for the light alleles in all of the genes affecting this trait, if the trait was determined by the following number of genes?

Two
Three
Four

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User Ajxs
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b

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