You are studying a population of voles that show 100% positive assortative mating by phenotype. when you measure the genotype frequencies of the population you get the following data. allele "a" is completely dominant to allele "a."paa = 0.12paa = 0.56paa = 0.32what will the frequency of aa be in the next generation?
a. 0.235b.0.189c.0.120d. 0.096e. 0.251

C. 0.120

Explanation:

Assortative mating by phenotype means that individuals with similar phenotypes mate with one another more frequently than would be expected under a random mating pattern. Assortative mating can increase genetic relatedness within a population.

The answer is C. 0.120 because in assortative mating, the allele frequency does not change as it is non-random mating and mates are chosen based on their phenotypes.