-. A hypothetical population of 100,000 humans has 68,240 individuals with the blood type AA, 28,735 individuals with blood type AB and 3025 individuals with the blood type BB. a. What is the frequency of each genotype in this population? b. What is the frequency of the A allele? c. What is the frequency B allele? d. If the next generation contained 250,000 individuals, how many individuals would have blood type BB, assuming the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

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8. A hypothetical population of 100,000 humans has 68,240 individuals with the blood
type AA, 28,735 individuals with blood type AB and 3025 individuals with the blood
type BB.
a. What is the frequency of each genotype in this population?
b. What is the frequency of the A allele?
c. What is the frequency B allele?
d. If the next generation contained 250,000 individuals, how many individuals
would have blood type BB, assuming the population is in Hardy-Weinberg
equilibrium?
Transcribed Image Text:8. A hypothetical population of 100,000 humans has 68,240 individuals with the blood type AA, 28,735 individuals with blood type AB and 3025 individuals with the blood type BB. a. What is the frequency of each genotype in this population? b. What is the frequency of the A allele? c. What is the frequency B allele? d. If the next generation contained 250,000 individuals, how many individuals would have blood type BB, assuming the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
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As per Hardy Weinberg equilibrium,

p + q = 1

p^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1

p is the frequency of dominant allele.

q is the frequency of recessive allele.

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