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- imagine a population of 800 individuals, of which 14% have a recessive genetic condition.
a. what is the frequency of homozygous recessive individuals? (think q²)
b. how many individuals have the condition?
c. what is the frequency of the allele causing the recessive condition? (think q)
d. what is the frequency of homozygous dominant individuals? (think p²)
e. how many individuals are heterozygous?
- if the frequency of a recessive allele is 0.3, what is the frequency of the dominant allele?
- if the frequency of the homozygous dominant genotype is 0.49, what is the frequency of the dominant allele?
- if the frequency of the homozygous dominant genotype is 0.49, what is the frequency of the homozygous recessive genotype?
- which hardy-weinberg equation relates the frequencies of the alleles at a particular gene locus?
- which hardy-weinberg equation relates the frequencies of the genotypes for a particular gene locus?
- how would you determine if the change in allele frequencies between two generations is statistically different? what statistical test would you need to run?
Question 1a
Step1: Identify \( q^2 \)
The problem states 14% have the recessive condition. \( q^2 \) is the frequency of homozygous recessive, so convert 14% to decimal.
\( q^2 = \frac{14}{100} = 0.14 \)
Step1: Calculate number with condition
Total population is 800, and 14% have the condition. Multiply total by 0.14.
\( 800 \times 0.14 = 112 \)
Step1: Find \( q \) from \( q^2 \)
Take square root of \( q^2 = 0.14 \).
\( q = \sqrt{0.14} \approx 0.374 \) (rounded to three decimal places)
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