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calculating allele frequencies in a gene pool

In the beetles described in the animation, there were two alleles for color, brown and green. Suppose that you discover a very small population of these beetles, consisting of the individuals shown below. How can you calculate the frequency of each allele in this population?

1) to calculate the frequency of brown allele, count the number of ___ and divide by the total number of alleles in this population.

2) In this beetle population the number of brown alleles is _____?

3) In this beetle population the total number of alleles is _____?

4) The frequency of the brown allele in this beetle population is _____?

5) The frequency of the green allele in this beetle population is _____?

 

 

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Green beetles= 8

Green alleles= 12

Brown beetles=2

brown alleles=8

total beetles=10

total alleles=20

1. brown alleles

2.number of brown allele is 8

3. total number of alleles is 20

4. Frequency of the brown allele is = number of brown allele/ total number of alleles = 8/20 = 0.4

5. Frequency of the green allele is = number of green allele/ total number of alleles = 12/20 = 0.6

Dr. OWL answered 3 years ago
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