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n the beetles described in the animation, there were two alleles for color, brown and green. Suppose that you discover a very small population of these beetles, consisting of the individuals shown below. How can you calculate the frequency of each allele in this Drag the terms or numbers on the left to the appropriate blanks on the right to complete the sentences. Not all terms will be used Viow Availablo Hint(s) Reset Help brown alleles . To calculate the frequancy of the brown allele, count the number of and divide by the total number of alleles in this population. 2. In this beetie population, the number of brown alloles is 3 In this beetie population, the total number of allelos is 4. The frequency of the brown allele in this beetle population is 5. The frequency of the green alele in this beetle population is green alleles 0.4 0.6 10 20 Submit

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First, know what an allele is - an allele is a segment of a gene that codes for certain traits. Each individual organism would have two alleles, a pair, based on the maternal and paternal origins. As a result, each beetle has two alleles each for colour.

1. To calculate the number of brown alleles count the number of brown alleles and divide by the total number of alleles in this population.

2. In this beetle population, the number of a brown allele is 8.

3. In this population, the total number of alleles for color is 10 + 10 =20.

4. The frequency of a brown allele in this population is 8/20 = 0.4

5.  The frequency of the green allele in this beetle population is 12/20 = 0.6

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