There are three alleles at a gene determining eye color in a population of wild cats, the B allele (brown eyes) is dominant to both the G allele (green eyes) and the Y allele (yellow eyes). The G allele is dominant to the Y allele. In a population of 1000, there are 100 yellow-eyed cats, 400 green-eyed cats, and 500 brown-eyed cats. What is the expected frequency of the Y allele?
Genetic Variation
Genetic variation refers to the variation in the genome sequences between individual organisms of a species. Individual differences or population differences can both be referred to as genetic variations. It is primarily caused by mutation, but other factors such as genetic drift and sexual reproduction also play a major role.
Quantitative Genetics
Quantitative genetics is the part of genetics that deals with the continuous trait, where the expression of various genes influences the phenotypes. Thus genes are expressed together to produce a trait with continuous variability. This is unlike the classical traits or qualitative traits, where each trait is controlled by the expression of a single or very few genes to produce a discontinuous variation.
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