I didn't even get the problems! is there anyone who can answer and explain?
A field of flowers is surveyed and found to contain 700 purple flowers and 300 white flowers.
1. Knowing that purple is dominant to white, what is the frequency of the white allele in the population?
A. 0.7
B. 0.3
C. 0.55
D. 0.09
2. What proportion of the population is heterozygous?
A. 0.21
B. 0.021
C. 0.049
D. 0.5
3. How many Purple alleles are in the population?
A. 700
B. 550
C. 500
D. 450
Pheylketonuria (PKU) is the inability to process the amino acid pheynylalanine. Mental retardation can result if left untreated. PKU is caused by a recessive allele. In the US every year, 1 out of every 10,000 babies are born with the condition.
4. What is frequency of the PKU allele (q) in the population?
A.0.0001
B.0.001
C.0.01
D.0.005
5. What is the frequency of heterozygotes in the population?
A.0.0198
B.0.002
C.0.198
D.0.05
2006-11-22
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