Approximately one out of every 2,500 Caucasians in the United States is born with the recessive genetic disorder cystic fibrosis. According to the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium equation, approximately how many people are carriers

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Ishaan Peters

2 October, 04:30

Approximately one out of every 2,500 Caucasians in the United States is born with the recessive genetic disorder cystic fibrosis. According to the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium equation, approximately how many people are carriers

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Aimee Bauer · Answer 1

4% of the white population in the US are carriers of cystic fibrosis.

Explanation:

According to the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium equation, if q2 equals 1/2,500, then q equals. 02, p equals. 98, and 2pq equals approximately. 04, or 4%.

Remember that the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium equation is used when the population maintains its genetic variation constant.