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To determine:
The frequency of the AA, Aa, and aa genotypes in the given population.
Introduction:
In 1908, G. H. Hardy and Wilhelm Weinberg evaluated the basic principle of population genetics. At equilibrium, the
Explanation of Solution
The population in the given problem is not to be in Hardy Weinberg equilibrium. The frequency of AA, Aa, and aa genotypes can be calculated by the Hardy-Weinberg equation. It is mathematically expressed as
Where “p” is the frequency of a dominant allele (AA), “q” is the frequency of a recessive allele (aa) and “2pq” is the frequency of heterozygotes (Aa).
For finding the genotype frequency the frequency of p and the frequency of q need to be calculated. The frequency of p (A) is as follows:
The frequency of p is 0.5. This is applied in the equation
The frequency of the genotype AA=
The frequency of the genotype Aa =
The frequency of the genotype aa=
The initial population given in the problem is not in equilibrium. However, mating under the Hardy–Weinberg conditions the first generation of the population is in equilibrium and it will be conditioned to the next generation until it fails to mate under the Hardy–Weinberg conditions
Thus the frequency of the genotype AA, Aa and aa is 0.25. 0.50 and 0.25 respectively.
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