Choose true or false for each statement listed below.1. The most prevalent alleles in a population are called wild type alleles

The statement is true.

Explanation:

The wild type allele or wild allele of a gene refers to the allele that predominates in the general population, that is, the most frequent allele that is arbitrarily designated as normal is often called the wild type allele (dominant but not always), these they are responsible for the wild type phenotype and are used as a standard to compare other mutations that occur at a particular locus. A mutant allele has modified genetic information often specifying an altered gene product.