Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)
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Which of these definitions of heritability is most correct?
a)The total amount of phenotypic variation in a population.
b) The total amount of genetic variation in a population.
c) The proportion of phenotypic variation in a population that is due to genetic factors.
d) The proportion of phenotypic variation in a population that is due to environmental factors.
A given autosomal locus has three possible alleles (A1, A2, and A3). Assuming that the numbers of individuals with the six possible genotypes are as follows, what would be the frequency of the A1 allele in the population?
A1A1 = 30 A1A2 = 27 A2A2 = 12
A1A3 = 17 A2A3 = 10 A3A3 = 4
What would be the frequency of the A3A3 genotype? Assume the population is under Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
A.
0.182
B.
0.27
C.
0.03
D.
0.317
E.
0.107
F.
0.09
There are two types of alleles:
Type B1 and Type B2
(In total there are 10)
Type B1 has 6
Type B2 has 4
Question:
What is the probability of an individual in the offspring generation being homozygous [p^2] for B1?
What is the probability of an individual in the offspring generation being homozygous [q^2] for B2?
What is the probability of an individual in the offspring gen being heterozygous[2pq]?
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