Among the population size of 500, 50 of 150 heterozygous
individuals showing polydoctily. Then what is the penetrance
of that population

Answer Posted / biotechnology

Penetrance is the " % of total heterozygous individuals
showing particular phenotype"
So

50/150 x 100 = 33%

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