You observe a population of mice with 100 individuals. Brown fur is dominant to white fur. You count 80 brown mice and 20 white mice. What is the frequency of the dominant allele? (Answers rounded to 2 decimal places) You observe a population of mice with 100 individuals. Brown fur is dominant to white fur. You count 80 brown mice and 20 white mice. What is the frequency of the recessive allele? (Answers rounded to 2 decimal places)

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  1. You observe a population of mice with 100 individuals. Brown fur is dominant to white fur. You count 80 brown mice and 20 white mice. What is the frequency of the dominant allele? (Answers rounded to 2 decimal places)
  2. You observe a population of mice with 100 individuals. Brown fur is dominant to white fur. You count 80 brown mice and 20 white mice. What is the frequency of the recessive allele? (Answers rounded to 2 decimal places)
  3. You observe a population of mice with 100 individuals. Brown fur is dominant to white fur. You count 80 brown mice and 20 white mice. What is the frequency of the homozygous dominant genotype? (Answers rounded to 2 decimal places)
  4. You observe a population of mice with 100 individuals. Brown fur is dominant to white fur. You count 80 brown mice and 20 white mice. What is the frequency of the homozygous recessive genotype? (Answers rounded to 2 decimal places)
  5. You observe a population of mice with 100 individuals. Brown fur is dominant to white fur. You count 80 brown mice and 20 white mice. What is the frequency of the heterozygous genotype? (Answers rounded to 2 decimal places)
  6. You analyze a different population.You count 75 individuals with a recessive phenotype.What is the allele frequency of the dominant allele?

 

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