1.)In humans, curly hair is dominant over straight hair. Heterozygotes have wavy hair. On a college campus, a population geneticist found that the frequency of the curly hair allele was 0.57. What was the frequency of students with wavy hair in that population? 2.) A sampling of 1000 corn kernels found that 360 of them were yellow; the rest of the kernels were purple (the dominant trait with regards to kernel color in corn). What was the frequency of the recessive allele in the population?

1.)In humans, curly hair is dominant over straight hair. Heterozygotes have wavy hair. On a college campus, a population geneticist found that the frequency of the curly hair allele was 0.57. What was the frequency of students with wavy hair in that population? 2.) A sampling of 1000 corn kernels found that 360 of them were yellow; the rest of the kernels were purple (the dominant trait with regards to kernel color in corn). What was the frequency of the recessive allele in the population?

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Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305251052

Author:Michael Cummings

Publisher:Michael Cummings

Chapter19: Population Genetics And Human Evolution

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Problem 11QP: Using the HardyWeinberg Law in Human Genetics In a given population, the frequencies of the four...

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