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A population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for a gene with only two alleles. If the gene frequency of an allele'A' is 0.7, genotype frequency of 'Aa' is
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Options:
  • A 0.21
  • B 0.42
  • C 0.36
  • D 0.7
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 0.42

For a gene that exists in two alleles, the Hardy-Weinberg equation states that p2+2pq+q2=1

fAA=p2 (genotype frequency of homozygotes)

fAa=2pq (genotype frequency of heterozygotes)

faa=q2 (genotype frequency of homozygotes)

If p = 0.7 and q=0.3, then

fAA=p2=0.72=0.49

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