Question

some flowering plants cannot self - pollinate which increases their tendency to mate with phenotypically different mates, a process called disassortative mating. what effect would this have on a population, compared to expectations based on the hardy - weinberg principle? multiple choice the population would remain in hardy - weinberg equilibrium. an increase in homozygotes would be observed. an increase in heterozygotes would be observed. no change homozygotes or heterozygotes would be observed a decrease in heterozygotes would be observed.

Explanation:

Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium requires random mating. Disassortative mating, where individuals mate with phenotypically different partners, increases the likelihood of combining different alleles. This leads to a higher proportion of heterozygous genotypes in the population compared to Hardy-Weinberg expectations.

Answer:

An increase in heterozygotes would be observed.