Q. A population exhibiting Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium possesses 25% recessive traits. Find out the frequency of recessive alleles in the gene pool of the same population
A) 0.5
B) 0.4
C) 0.3
D) None of these
Explanation
Presence of recessive traits = 25% $\left( q_{1}^{2} \right) = 25\%$ $q_{1} = 0.5$ Total allelic frequency $(p + q) = 1$ $p + 0.5 = 1$ Allelic frequency $p = 0.5$
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