7. In a class of 25 students, one of students has an autosomal recessive condition called "apathy", which causes this student to constantly send text messages on their phone rather than pay attention to the subject matter. (The dominant phenotype is attentiveness; AA and Aa students are attentive, while aa students have apathy.) Assuming the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, what are the allele frequencies of the dominant A allele (frequency p) and of the recessive a allele (frequency q)?

7. In a class of 25 students, one of students has an autosomal recessive condition called "apathy", which causes this student to constantly send text messages on their phone rather than pay attention to the subject matter. (The dominant phenotype is attentiveness; AA and Aa students are attentive, while aa students have apathy.) Assuming the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, what are the allele frequencies of the dominant A allele (frequency p) and of the recessive a allele (frequency q)?

Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305251052

Author:Michael Cummings

Publisher:Michael Cummings

Chapter19: Population Genetics And Human Evolution

Section: Chapter Questions

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