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this is hard.. Tongue rolling is a dominnant trait in which a person can roll the tongue into the shape of a taco shell. In a human population of 1000, 840 are tongue rollers ( TT or Tt), and 160 are non-tongue rollers(tt). what is the frequency of the DOMINANT ALLELE (T) in the popluation?

2007-02-12 09:30:23 · 2 answers · asked by atrankid 2 in Science & Mathematics Biology

2 answers

it's definitely .6

2007-02-12 09:38:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

p^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1

0.840 + q^2 = 1
q^2 = 0.160
q = 0.4

p + q = 1
p = 0.6 = frequency of dominant allele

2007-02-12 17:38:21 · answer #2 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0 0

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