Hardy Weinberg Problems

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Write out the two formulas and label what each variable represents:

1. The frequency of a dominant allele is .65.

a. What is the frequency of the recessive allele?____________________

b. What is the frequency of the homozygous dominant?___________________

c. What is the frequency of the heterozygous?____________________

d. What is the frequency of the homozygous recessive?________________________

2. In fruit flies, normal wings is dominant to stubby wings. In a population of 1000 flies, 400 show the
recessive trait.
a. What is the frequency of the recessive allele?__________________

b. What is the frequency of the dominant allele?________________________

c. What is the frequency of the homozygous dominant?_________________________

d. How many homozygous dominant individuals are there in the population?_____________

e. What is the frequency of the heterozygous?____________________

f. How many heterozygous individuals are there in the population?_____________

3. In flowers, red is dominant to white. In a population of 1000 flowers, 970 show the dominant trait.
a. What is the frequency of the recessive allele?_________________

b. What is the frequency of the dominant allele?____________________

c. What is the frequency of the heterozygous?________________

d. How many homozygous dominant individuals are there in the population?_____________

e. How many heterozygous individuals are there in the population?_____________

f. What is the frequency of the homozygous recessive?___________________

g. How many recessive individuals are there in the population?________________

 Hardy Weinberg Problems

4. The frequency of a recessive allele is .15.

a. What is the frequency of the dominant allele?____________________

b. What is the frequency of the homozygous dominant?___________________

c. What is the frequency of the heterozygous?____________________

d. What is the frequency of the homozygous recessive?________________________

5. In fruit flies, normal wings is dominant to stubby wings. In a population of 1000 flies, 550 have
normal wings.
a. What is the frequency of the recessive allele?__________________

b. What is the frequency of the dominant allele?________________________

c. What is the frequency of the homozygous dominant?_________________________

d. How many homozygous dominant individuals are there in the population?_____________

e. What is the frequency of the heterozygous?____________________

f. How many heterozygous individuals are there in the population?_____________

6. In flowers, red is dominant to white. In a population of 1000 flowers, 625 have white flowers.
a. What is the frequency of the recessive allele?_________________

b. What is the frequency of the dominant allele?____________________

c. What is the frequency of the homozygous dominant?________________

d. How many homozygous dominant individuals are there in the population?_____________

e. What is the frequency of the heterozygous?________________

f. How many heterozygous individuals are there in the population?_____________

g. What is the frequency of the homozygous recessive?___________________

h. How many recessive individuals are there in the population?________________