Hardy-Weinberg Equation

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• How can the hardy-weinberg equation be calculated?
• How can the hardy-weinberg equation be used to model selection?
• What is an example hardy-weinberg equation practice problem?
• What is the Hardy-Weinberg equation?
• What are the assumptions of the Hardy-Weinberg principle?
• A population of trout lives in a small lake. Some of the trout have a mutation that makes them more colorful. What are some reasons this population is not at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
• Using the Hardy-Weinberg equation, if p = 0.23, what must q equal?
• In the Hardy Weinberg formula, what does 2pq represent?
• If a homozygous dominant genotype is 46% what is the dominant allele frequency?
• Approximately 1 out of every 2,500 Caucasians in the United States is born with the recessive disease cystic fibrosis. According to the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium equation, approximately how many people are carriers?
• Sickle cell anemia is caused by a recessive allele. Roughly 1 out of every 500 african americans is afflicted with sickle cell anemia. How would you use the hardy weinberg equation to calculate the % of heterozygotes for sickle cell allele (.002=q^2)?
• Given the following information, how would you determine the allele frequencies for the B allele and the b allele? How would you determine the genotype frequencies for the BB, Bb, and bb genotypes?
• For an X-linked recessive trait, 9% of the females in the population are affected. What percent of the males would be affected? What percentage of the population is represented by the carriers?
• In a certain population, the dominant phenotype of a certain trait occurs 91% of the time. What is the frequency of the dominant allele?
• The allele for the hair pattern widow's peak is dominant. In a population of 1000 individuals, 510 show the dominant phenotype. How many individuals would you expect of each of the possible 3 genotypes for this trait? How do you answer this?
• If the frequency of a homozygous dominant genotype is 0.49, what is the frequency of the homozygous recessive genotype?
• What is the Hardy-Weinberg equation used for?
• Why is the Hardy-Weinberg equation important?
• What is 2pq in the Hardy-Weinberg equation?
• What does the Hardy-Weinberg equation predict?
• How do you use the Hardy-Weinberg principle?
• How is the Hardy-Weinberg equation used?
• Who discovered the Hardy-Weinberg equation?
• What is the Hardy-Weinberg equation and why it is used?
• What idea did Hardy and Weinberg disprove?
• What was the most important impact of Hardy Weinberg law of equilibrium?
• If the frequency of a dominant phenotype in a stable population is 75%, the frequency of recessive allele in that population would be how much? a. 0.375 b. 0.25 c. 0.75 d. 0.50
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• Hardy-Weinburg Equlibrium?
• In a population that is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, 16% of the individuals show the recessive trait. What is the frequency of the dominant allele in the population?
• If p = 0.25, then q must equal ?