7. In a class of 25 students, one of students has an autosomal recessive condition called "apathy", which causes this student to constantly send text messages on their phone rather than pay attention to the subject matter. (The dominant phenotype is attentiveness; AA and Aa students are attentive, while aa students have apathy.) Assuming the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, what are the allele frequencies of the dominant A allele (frequency p) and of the recessive a allele (frequency q)?

7. In a class of 25 students, one of students has an autosomal recessive condition called "apathy", which causes this student to constantly send text messages on their phone rather than pay attention to the subject matter. (The dominant phenotype is attentiveness; AA and Aa students are attentive, while aa students have apathy.) Assuming the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, what are the allele frequencies of the dominant A allele (frequency p) and of the recessive a allele (frequency q)?

Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)

15th Edition

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Author:Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

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Chapter17: Processes Of Evolution

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 4SQ: A wild population of pea plants has two alleles for flower color in its gene pool. A dominant allele...

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