A gene has 3 alleles Wi, Wo and Wp, with hierarchical dominance where Wi (ivory) >...

A gene has 3 alleles Wⁱ, W^o and W^p, with hierarchical dominance where Wⁱ (ivory) > W^o (orange) > W^p (pink). In a population of 1400 individuals the frequency of Wⁱ = 0.2 and W^o = 0.4.

What proportion of individuals in this population is expected to be heterozygous?

What proportion of the population will be ivory, orange and pink?

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a. 64% of the population is expected to be heterozygous.

b. 36% is ivory, 48% is orange, 16% is pink in the population.

gladiator answered 1 year ago

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