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and Leaming Guides are additional ways to evaluate your understanding of the course content. In cats a form of polydactyly is inherited as an autosomal, complete dominant trait. In Key West, Florida 16% of the cats have a normal number of digits, what is the frequency of the polydactyly allele in that population? o 16% O 36% 84% o 60% You got 0 of 1 points ? Retry &Download; Embed The high frequency of cats with polydactyly in Key West is the result of a polydactyly male ooo Fa FS F8 3 4 5 9

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Though the trait polydactyly is a autosomal dominant, it has not 100% penetration level. If it carry 100% penetration then the result would be 84%. But due to lower penetration level is shows lower frequency, which is lower than 84%. So, here the correct answer is 60%.

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