Imagine a population of raccoons in which food-washing behaviour is controlled by the W locus. WW individuals wash their food thoroughly before eating; Ww individuals wash their food less thoroughly; and ww individuals never wash their food. After observing 1000 raccoons, you count 300 WW, 200 Ww and 500 ww individuals. What is the frequency of the w allele for this population? A. 0.5 B. 0.6 C. 0.7 D. Because the population is not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium at this locus, it is impossible to calculate the frequency of allele w.
Imagine a population of raccoons in which food-washing behaviour is controlled by the W locus. WW individuals wash their food thoroughly before eating; Ww individuals wash their food less thoroughly; and ww individuals never wash their food. After observing 1000 raccoons, you count 300 WW, 200 Ww and 500 ww individuals. What is the frequency of the w allele for this population? A. 0.5 B. 0.6 C. 0.7 D. Because the population is not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium at this locus, it is impossible to calculate the frequency of allele w.
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Imagine a population of raccoons in which food-washing behaviour is controlled by the W locus. WW individuals wash their food thoroughly before eating; Ww individuals wash their food less thoroughly; and ww individuals never wash their food.
After observing 1000 raccoons, you count 300 WW, 200 Ww and 500 ww individuals. What is the frequency of the w allele for this population?
- A. 0.5
- B. 0.6
- C. 0.7
- D. Because the population is not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium at this locus, it is impossible to calculate the frequency of allele w.
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