code for flower color. The dominant phenotype is violet and the recessive phenotyp is white. If there are 48 white individuals how many individuals in the population are heterozygous? 96 48 190 128 144

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A population of 300 tiger lilies is in Hardy Weinberg equilibrium for the alleles that
code for flower color. The dominant phenotype is violet and the recessive phenotype
is white. If there are 48 white individuals how many individuals in the population are
heterozygous?
96
48
190
128
144
Transcribed Image Text:A population of 300 tiger lilies is in Hardy Weinberg equilibrium for the alleles that code for flower color. The dominant phenotype is violet and the recessive phenotype is white. If there are 48 white individuals how many individuals in the population are heterozygous? 96 48 190 128 144
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According to Hardy weinberg equation

p2 + q2 +2pq=1 and p+q=1

p= frequency of the dominant allele in the population
q = frequency of the recessive allele in the population

p2 = percentage of homozygous dominant individuals
q2 = percentage of homozygous recessive individuals
2pq = percentage of heterozygous individuals

 

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