EVOLUTION
HARDY WEINBERG EQUILIBRIUM
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Question
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If the frequency of dominant phenotype is 0.36, what is the frequency of the dominant allele? Remember if the dominant phenotype is 0.36, figure out the frequency of the homozygous recessive first.
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0.2
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0.48
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0.6
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0.8
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -If q2 = 0.36, then q = 0.6, again by definition. Since q equals the frequency of the a allele, then the frequency is 60%.
Detailed explanation-2: -1 = p2 + 2pq + q2 The term p2 represents the frequency of the homozygous dominant genotype. The other term, q2, represents the frequency of the homozygous recessive genotype.
Detailed explanation-3: -∙ The frequency of homozygous dominant i.e p2 = (0. 7)2 => 0.49.
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