A small tribe of 637 Papa New Guinea hens was tested by population geneticists the following results were displayed.   Tasters Non-tasters Total Males 171 86 257 Females 337 43 380 Total 508 129 637   Another tribe, still being cannibals, trespassed the territory of the other aforementioned tribe. They captured killed and feasted on the brains of 50 PTC tasting males respectively 19 females as to access their abilities seen as a gift from gods. Calculate the increase/decrease in percentage units or percent of respective allele frequency displayed in the remaining tribe?

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An anthropologist discovered that Papa New Guineans tribes that had given up the customs of cannibalism also had an avid aversion to grapefruit. The ability to taste the horrid bitterness of PTC present in grapefruit respectively human brain tissue is due to a dominant allele. A small tribe of 637 Papa New Guinea hens was tested by population geneticists the following results were displayed.

 

Tasters

Non-tasters

Total

Males

171

86

257

Females

337

43

380

Total

508

129

637

 

Another tribe, still being cannibals, trespassed the territory of the other aforementioned tribe. They captured killed and feasted on the brains of 50 PTC tasting males respectively 19 females as to access their abilities seen as a gift from gods. Calculate the increase/decrease in percentage units or percent of respective allele frequency displayed in the remaining tribe?

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