In a hypothetical population of 2500 people, 2275 people have brown eyes and 225 people have blue eyes (the homozygous-recessive phenotype). If there are 4000 children produced by this generation, how many (i.e., what number) of the children would be expected to be heterozygous for eye color?

In a hypothetical population of 2500 people, 2275 people have brown eyes and 225 people have blue eyes (the homozygous-recessive phenotype). If there are 4000 children produced by this generation, how many (i.e., what number) of the children would be expected to be heterozygous for eye color?

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