While examining the same victim, the doctor hits the leg with a needle. he begins near the ankle and proceeds toward the hip. what is the doctor checking for? why begin at the ankle

In a population that is in hardy-weinberg equilibrium, there are two possible alleles for a certain gene, a and a. if the frequency of allele a is 0.4, what fraction of the population is heterozygous? a. 0.40 b. 0.60 c. 0.16 d. 0.48