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On the planet Omicron sexual reproduction takes place in a manner not found among earthly organisms. Gametes are haploid, as on earth, but zygotes (and hence mature organisms) are triploid. Therefore, fertilization requires the fusion of three gametes rather than two and the participation of three "parents" rather than the two we are used to here on earth. Can the Hardy-Weinberg equation be modified to cover this situation, or does it simply not apply? If a trait is determined by a gene having two alleles, and among a certain Omicronian population one allele has a frequency p of 0.3 and the ot

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(it got cut off) If a trait is determined by a gene having two alleles, and among a certain Omicronian population one allele has a frequency p of 0.3 and the other allele has a frequency q of 0.7, what are the expected frequencies for the various possible genotypes? How many possible genotypes are there?