population, how many copies of alleles are there 5. Imagine one of the genes cod

Question

population, how many copies of alleles are there 5. Imagine one of the genes codes for eye color, and there are only two alleles for that gene.?B' is the dominant allele, and it codes for brown. 'b' is the recessive allele, and it codes for blue. Let 'p, represent the frequency of the .?' allele, ana-q, represent the frequency of the%" allele. If you add the frequency of these two alleles, the sum will ALWAYS equal Therefore, p + q = So, if we know the frequency of p is 0.6, then the frequency of q must be llalan? That would he the chances of a p

Explanation / Answer

5) Answer: Frequency of two alleles will always equal to 1

Therefore, p + q = 1

So, if the frequency of p=0.6, then the frequency of q= (1-p)= 1-0.6= 0.4.

explanation: according to Hardy- Weinberg equation the amount of genetic variation in a population will remain constant from one generation to the next in the absence of disturbing factors. The sum of all alleles in a gene locus must be equal to one. in the above problem, there are two alleles for the colour of an eye. If they represented by B and b, and their frequency's in a population are p and q, then the sum of their frequency (p+q) will be '1'.

Related Questions

Navigate

• Browse (All)
• Browse P
• Subjects

---

---

Integrity-first tutoring: explanations and feedback only — we do not complete graded work. Learn more.