imagine you're studying one gene with two alleles that controls having free-hanging vs. attached earlobes in a population, and there's no survival or reproductive advantage to having either trait. free-hanging (l) is dominant to attached (l). in a population remaining at hardy-weinberg for this gene, 75% of the individuals have free-hanging earlobes. assuming the population stays at hardy-weinberg, what result is most likely after thousands of generations?

In a population that is remaining at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for a particular gene, the frequency of the different alleles and the frequency of the corresponding traits will remain constant over time.

This means that if the population starts off with 75% of individuals having free-hanging earlobes, this proportion will remain the same in future generations, assuming that there are no other forces acting on the population to change the frequency of the alleles.

This is because the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is a theoretical construct that assumes that there is no selection, mutation, migration, or other forces that could change the frequency of alleles in the population. If these assumptions are met, the frequencies of the alleles and the corresponding traits will remain constant over time.

In the case you described, the dominant allele (L) is present in 75% of the population, while the recessive allele (l) is present in 25% of the population. If the population remains at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, these proportions will remain the same in future generations.

Learn more about Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium here:

https://brainly.com/question/16823644

#SPJ4