IV. A disease killed all the yellowish-fur sheep and the population continues to mate randomly. a) How many heterozygous sheep are there in the remaining population? b) Calculate the new dominant and recessive allele frequencies. How many individuals are expected to be heterozygous in the next generation if the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
IV. A disease killed all the yellowish-fur sheep and the population continues to mate randomly. a) How many heterozygous sheep are there in the remaining population? b) Calculate the new dominant and recessive allele frequencies. How many individuals are expected to be heterozygous in the next generation if the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
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10. In a population of 1000 sheep, 640 have white fur while the rest have yellowish
fur color. The yellowish fur is recessive to white fur.
1. What is the recessive allele frequency?
II. What is the dominant allele frequency?
III. How many individuals are expected to be homozygous for white fur color?
IV. A disease killed all the yellowish-fur sheep and the population continues to
mate rand
a) How many heterozygous sheep are there in the remaining population?
b) Calculate the new dominant and recessive allele frequencies. How many
individuals are expected to be heterozygous in the next generation if the
population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
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