A species of daisy has hermaphroditic flowers (i.e., each flower produces both male and female gametes). Researchers genotyped 1,000 individuals at a SNP in three populations. The numbers of each genotype in each population were: GenotypePopulation 1Population 2Population 3TT9020050TC420200500CC490600450 For each population, calculate the allele frequencies and determine whether the population is currently at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.For populations not at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, indicate whether there is an excess of homozygous or heterozygous genotypes.For populations not at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, indicate how many generations of random mating it would take for the population to reach equilibrium.

Hi! Thanks for your question. As you have posted multiple questions and have not mentioned which one…

A species of daisy has hermaphroditic flowers (i.e., each flower produces both male and female gametes). Researchers genotyped 1,000 individuals at a SNP in three populations. The numbers of each genotype in each population were:

A species of daisy has hermaphroditic flowers (i.e., each flower produces both male and female gametes). Researchers genotyped 1,000 individuals at a SNP in three populations. The numbers of each genotype in each population were:

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

Problem 7QP: How Can We Measure Allele Frequencies in Populations? Drawing on your newly acquired understanding...

See similar textbooks

Related questions

Q: Twenty snakes with the Aa genotype migrated to a population of 80 snakes of the same species with…

A: Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium is a concept that serves as a benchmark for researchers to analyze gene…

Q: Given below are the genotypic frequencies for a single gene with two alleles for three different…

A: Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium:- According to Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium allele frequencies of one…

Q: For two 2 alleles at a locus, which of the following sets of genotype frequencies would you expect…

A: Genetic drift refers to the alteration in allelic frequency of a gene as a consequence of random…

Q: In a population of frogs, the analysis of Locus A showed the following number: Number of…

A: The question is related to Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium. p is the dominant allele. q is the recessive…

Q: In a human population, the following data were obtained for numbers of people with each blood type…

A: Question -In a human population, the following data were obtained for numbers of people witheach…

Q: Which of the following populations is not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? Select an answer and…

A: Answer: Introduction: The Hardy-Weinberg principle states that a population’s allele and genotype…

Q: Consider a sample of 100 individuals sampled from a population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium that…

A: In a population :- A ) Number of individual with genotype A1 A1 = 25 B )Number of individual with…

Q: If a population has only two alleles for a gene (B, b) with equal frequencies and it is in…

A: The Hardy-Weinberg Principle or the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Model states that “allele and…

Q: Table 1: Changes in mean (Ave) and standard deviation (SD) of the frequency of allele A in…

A: Note: As per Bartleby Guidelines, For Remaining Answers Please Repost The Question. Introduction: A…

Q: A population of dragons is as follows: 46 are green with genotype GG 106 are green with genotype Gg…

Q: A hypothethical population of 10,000 humans has 6,840 individuals with the blood type AA, 2,860…

A: Given that, AA individuals are= 6840 AB individuals are= 2860 BB individuals are= 300 Total=10000

Q: Consider a population of wildflowers, some with yellow flowers and some with red flowers. In this…

A: In the monohybrid cross, the ratio obtained is 1:2:1. When R was crossed with r then the progeny…

Q: Researchers studying beach mice in Florida observed a population and were able to determine the…

A: The expected genotypic frequency can be calculated by Hardy Weinberg principle. Hardy Weinberg…

Q: In a population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, if the starting frequency of the A1 allele is 0.5,…

A: option c - 0.5

Q: population of mice in Northern Iowa has two alleles for coat color, B and b. The population has 980…

A: The alleles for coat color of mice in Northern Iowa = B and b Number of mice having the genotype BB…

Q: If Albinos appear in 1in 25,000 births (0.004%) in a population. From your knowledge of the genetics…

A: To hear the previous word pronounced is an unusual genetically inherited condition that is only…

Q: In a population of 1000 turtles, you observe the following genotypes: TT - 580 Tt - 320 tt - 100…

A: Allele frequency is the relative frequency of an allele on a genetic locus in population.It is…

Q: A species of daisy has hermaphroditic flowers (i.e., each flower produces both male and female…

A: Population 1TT=900/1000=0.09=P^2,frequency=…

Q: You have a population of 100 individuals in HW equilibrium and there are two alleles at the T locus…

A: The Hardy- Weinberg principle, also known as the Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium, model or low, states…

Q: The human MN blood group is determined by two codominant alleles, M and N. The following data were…

A: The allele is referred to as different forms of a gene. The allelic frequency gives the number of…

Q: What is the number of dominant alleles in a population of 100 ladybugs with the following genotypes…

A: Given 30 BB, Dominant 60 Bb, heterozygous 10 bb Recessive

Q: A population has the following genotype frequencies AA=0.3844, Aa=D0.4712, aa=0.1444. Assuming…

A: Introduction :- Population Genetics is the study of changes in the genotypic and allelic frequencies…

Q: In a population of 10000 people, 8 women are red/green color blind (X-LINKED). Assuming the…

A: X-linked inheritance: The gene that is responsible for that particular trait and or disorder is…

Q: In a population of frogs, the analysis of Locus A showed the following number: Number of…

A: Hardy Weinberg equilibrium is a imaginary which considers if there is no evolution then the…

Q: We toss a fair coin 60 times and get the following initial population: s1 = 1111111111 s2 =…

A: Since we only answer 1 question in case of multiple question, we’ll answer the first question as the…

Q: You sample a population of 200 mice and find 140 Aa individuals, 50 AA individuals, and 10 aa…

Q: A population of turtles is found where dark shells are completely recessive to light shells (denoted…

A: Genotype frequency in a population is the number of individuals with a given genotype divided by the…

Q: n monkeys, black coat color (B) is dominant over brown color (b). A population of monkeys was found…

A: The Hardy Weinberg equation is a mathematical expression based on the Hardy Weinberg equilibrium…

Q: The color distribution for a specific population of snakes is 160 blue, 50 turquoise, and 40 green.…

A: Given: Blue - 160 (BBBB) Turquoise - 50 (BBBG) Green - 40 (BGBG) Total snake population: 250

Q: A population of cats is in Hardy Weinberg equilibrium for the S locus which causes patches of white…

A: Hardy-Weinberg law states that genotypes frequencies and allele frequencies are related to each…

Q: In a population of 441 individuals, a locus has two alleles: T and t. If 53 individuals have the tt…

A: Given population count (no. of individuals) = 441 The two alleles are T (dominant) and t…

Q: The gel image below shows 7 alleles, let's call them 1-7 in order of size, with 1 being the largest…

A: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a hereditary molecule that passes genetic information from one…

Q: In a population that is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, 30 % of the individuals are recessive…

A: Mutations, natural selection, nonrandom mating, genetic drift, and gene flow can all disrupt the…

Q: In a population of 344 individuals, a locus has two alleles: T and t. If 125 individuals have the tt…

A: Given population count (no. of individuals) = 344 The two alleles are T (dominant) and t…

Q: The table below records information on a gene with two alleles, Z and Y, in four different…

A: From 0.99 to 1.0 But choosing option A from two correct answers.

Q: Your study of the natural hamster population yields observed genotypic frequencies of 60% AA, 20% Aa…

A: The Hardy–Weinberg principle is based on a number of assumptions, including (1) random coupling (in…

Q: A population has 25 individuals of genotype AA, 25 individuals of genotype aa, and 50 individuals of…

A: Answer - Option B - Yes because p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1

Q: A population of 1000 beetles has 600 individuals that have genotype QQ, 100 individuals that have…

A: Hardy-Weinberg principle is the mathematical relationship between the genotype frequencies and the…

Q: certain population of frogs, 120 are green, 60 are brownish-green, and 20 are brown. The allele for…

A: These frequencies can easily be calculated using hardy Weinberg principle It states that the allele…

Q: Using the information on the box provided, which of the following statements is true? First…

A: Hardy Weinberg equilibrium states that allele frequencies in a population remain constant from one…

Q: The table below records information on a gene with two alleles, Z and Y, in four different…

A: * There are four types of evolutionary forces mutation gene flow genetic drift natural selection…

Q: A scientist is studying the population of Cape Fox over four generations to determine if the…

A: Evolution is a continuous process and we are still evolving. Evolution is nothing but adapting to…

Q: Below is a plot of genotype frequencies in a population. Assuming the population is in…

A: Allele Frequency is defined as the number of times that allele is in a population. It is calculated…

Q: Is there a Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in the population?

A: The Hardy-Weinberg formulas are used to tell whether evolution has happened in the population or…

Q: You are given the frequencies of both alleles (A and a) in a population, and both are non-zero.…

A: Hardy - Weinberg equilibrium was proposed by G. H. Hardy and W. Weinberg in 1908. This principle…

Q: A population of dragons or Varanus dragonus has two alleles B and P encoding for phenotypes blue and…

Q: Consider a population that is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium at a locus with two alleles, A and a, at…

A: The gene has two alleles A and a. The frequency of A and a alleles are p and q respectively.

Q: Rabbit's ears can be either straight (dominant) or floppy (recessive). If a population of rabbits in…

A: Introduction:- A population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for a gene is not changing, and allele…

Q: The following graphics illustrate the gene pool of the same population of ten field mice sampled…

A: A.change in phenotype frequency of black and white mice from 2000 to 2005 Frequency of black mice…

Question

Genotype	Population 1	Population 2	Population 3
TT	90	200	50
TC	420	200	500
CC	490	600	450

For each population, calculate the allele frequencies and determine whether the population is currently at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.

For populations not at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, indicate whether there is an excess of homozygous or heterozygous genotypes.

For populations not at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, indicate how many generations of random mating it would take for the population to reach equilibrium.

Expert Solution

This question has been solved!

Explore an expertly crafted, step-by-step solution for a thorough understanding of key concepts.

This is a popular solution!

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Step 1

VIEW

Step 2

VIEW

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Similar questions

A hypothetical population of 10,000 humans has 6848 individuals with the blood type AA, 2846 individuals with blood type AB, and 306 individuals with the blood type BB. What is the frequency of each genotype in this population? What is the frequency of the A allele? What is the frequency of the B allele? If the next generation contained 25,000 individuals, how many individuals would have blood type BB, assuming the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
We toss a fair coin 60 times and get the following initial population: s1 = 1111111111 s2 = 1111011111 s3 = 1110110111 s4 = 1101010111 s5 = 1110010101 s6 = 0100110000Apply Genetic algorithm using the following rules. i. After applying fitness and rearrangement, apply crossover between:a. s1’ and s4’ after 2nd gene.b. s2’ and s5’ after 3rd gene.c. s3’ and s6’ after 4th gene.ii. Consider your chromosome as x1x2x3x4x5x6x7x8x9x10a. Mutate x3 and x5 in the updated s1’.b. Mutate x4 and x9 in the updated s2’.c. Mutate x3 in the updated s3’.iii. The updated fitnes
Through PCR, we have determined the PER3 genotypes for a class of students as follows: H4/H4 = 125 individuals; H4/H5 = 90 individuals and H5/H5=85 individuals. Using the allele frequencies experimentally derived, calculate the frequency of the H4/H5 genotype that would be expected if the class were a population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. 1- 0.43 2- 0.24 3- 0.49 4- 0.30 5- 0.57 6- 0.14 7- 0.19
The table below records information on a gene with two alleles, Z and Y, in four different populations. Use this information to answer the following questions. Based on the table, which of the following statements is true? Population Frequency of allele Z Population size Fitness of ZZ Fitness of ZY Fitness of YY A 1.0 200 0.84 0.84 1.0 B 0 320,000 0.84 0.84 1.0 C 0.93 130,000 0.84 0.84 1.0 D 0.99 1,450,000 1.0 1.0 0.62 A.) populations C's allele frequencies are mainly driven by genetic drift B.) Mutation rates are high in population D C.) natural selection is favoring allele A in population C D.) migration is occuring between populations C and D
A species of daisy has hermaphroditic flowers (i.e., each flower produces both male and female gametes). Researchers genotyped 1000 individuals at a SNP in three populations. The numbers of each genotype in each population were: Genotype Population 1 Population 2 Population 3 TT 90 200 50 TC 420 200 500 CC 490 600 450 a. For each population, calculate the allele frequencies and determine whether the population is currently at Hardy-Weinbergequilibrium.b. For populations not at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, indicate whether there is an excess ofhomozygous or heterozygous genotypes.c. For populations not at Hardy-Weinbergequilibrium, indicate how many generationsof random mating it would take for the population to reach equilibrium.
10,000 individuals are sampled from a population and are found to display one of three blood types: AA with 6800 individuals, AB with 2800 individuals and type BB with 400 individuals. a) What is the frequency of each genotype in the population? b) What is the frequency of the A allele? c) What is the frequency of the B allele? d) If the next generation contains 25,000 individuals, how many would have blood type BB, assuming the population is in Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium?
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease mostly affecting people of European descent that is caused by a recessive allele. You sample 1000 people for this allele and find 772 homozygous normal individuals, 221 heterozygotes, and 7 people homozygous for cystic fibrosis. Is this population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
In a particular species of flower, C1 codes for red flowers, C2 codes for white, with the heterozygous individuals being pink. A. In the frequency of pink individuals in the population was .7126, would you be able to estimate the frequencies of the individuals alleles in the population? Why or why not? B. If the frequency of red individuals in the population was .329, what would the estimated frequency of pink and white individuals be in the same population?
A POPULATION DATABASE CONTAINING 12345 ALLELES A PARTICULAR ALLELE X IS PRESENT FOR 458 TIMES. WHAT WOULD BE THE FREQUENCY OF GENOTYPE WHICH IS HOMOZYGOUS FOR THAT ALLELE?
In achondroplastic dwarfism, an autosomal dominant disease, the gene is lethal in homozygotes. If the frequency of the normal allele is 0.99, what is the heterozygote frequency? a. 0.01 b. 0.02 c. 0.98 d. 0.99 An autosomal recessive gene is lethal in homozygotes. In a population at Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium, how many generations will it take to eliminate the gene from the population a.100 b.It will not be eliminated from the population. c.1 d.25
A scientist is studying the population of Cape Fox over four generations to determine if the population is in Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium. Use the data below to determine if this population is in Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium. Frequency Type First Generation Second Generation Third Generation Fourth Generation Frequency of dominant alleles p=0.2p=0.2 p=0.25p=0.25 p=0.35p=0.35 p=0.2p=0.2 Frequency of recessive alleles q=0.8q=0.8 q=0.75q=0.75 q=0.65q=0.65 q=0.8 No, the population is not in Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium because the frequencies of alleles have changed over the four generations. No, the population is not in Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium because the frequencies of dominant and recessive alleles are not equal. Yes, the population is in Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium because the recessive allele is always greater than the dominant allele. Yes, the population is in Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium because the fourth generation reverts back to the initial population levels.…
In cats, all-white color is dominant over colors other than all-white. In a population of100 cats, 19 are all-white. Assuming that the population is in Hardy–Weinbergequilibrium, what is the frequency of the all-white allele in this population?