The frequency of carriers for a rare autosomal recessive genetic condition is 0.04 in a population....

The frequency of carriers for a rare autosomal recessive genetic condition is 0.04 in a population. Assuming this population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, what is the allele frequency of the recessive allele?

	0.2
	0.4
	0.64
	0.8
	Not enough information is provided.

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NOT enough information is provided.

Given that the frequency of carriers is 0.04, which is the frequency of 2pq. From this, the frequency of alleles cannot be calculated.

gladiator answered 1 year ago

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