Within a population of butterflies , the color brown (B) is dominant over the color white(b) .40% of all butterflies are white. Given this simple information , calculate the percentage of butterflies in the population that are heterozygous ?
How to calculate the frequency of homozygous dominant?
How to calculate the frequency of homozygous dominant?
1 Answer
Explanation:
Alleles:
Genotypes:
We know that the frequency of homozygous recessive is
This means that
Take the square root of both sides to find
To find
To find the frequency of the heterozygous population, find
Rounded to two significant digits, this is