A Canadian population of Ross’s geese, small Arctic nesting geese, has 10,000 individuals. Ross’s geese exist in two color morphs, grey or yellow. The color is controlled by two alleles at a single gene locus. The yellow allele (Y) is dominant to the grey allele (y). Assuming the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium with 20% of the population having the y allele, answer the following questions. What would be the percentages of the body color phenotypes after 25 generations if the population maintains the conditions of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? Percentage of yellow phenotype? Percentage of grey phenotype?

A Canadian population of Ross’s geese, small Arctic nesting geese, has 10,000 individuals. Ross’s geese exist in two color morphs, grey or yellow. The color is controlled by two alleles at a single gene locus. The yellow allele (Y) is dominant to the grey allele (y). Assuming the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium with 20% of the population having the y allele, answer the following questions. What would be the percentages of the body color phenotypes after 25 generations if the population maintains the conditions of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? Percentage of yellow phenotype? Percentage of grey phenotype?

Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305251052

Author:Michael Cummings

Publisher:Michael Cummings

Chapter19: Population Genetics And Human Evolution

Section: Chapter Questions

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