For a locus with two alleles (B and b) in a population at risk from an infectious neurodegenerative disease, 16 individuals have the genotype BB, 92 individuals have Bb and 12 individuals have bb. Use the Hardy-Weinberg equation to determine whether this population appears to be evolving

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