In a population of 3000 fruit flies, 270 of them contain white eyes. White eye color is a recessive trait. What are the allelic frequencies for the red eye allele and white eye allele

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Mario Henry

6 August, 01:16

In a population of 3000 fruit flies, 270 of them contain white eyes. White eye color is a recessive trait. What are the allelic frequencies for the red eye allele and white eye allele

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Layton Krause · Answer 1

Answer:Red is 91%, white is 9%

Explanation:3000-270 = 2730 red in percentage is 2730/3000 * 100/1 = 91%

White is 270/3000*100/1 = 9%.

Allele frequency or gene frequency is the relative frequency of an allele expressed as a fraction or percentage.

Giuliana Santiago · Answer 2

270/3000=0.09

p + q = 1

So p + 0.09 = 1

p = 0.91

Red eye: 0.91

White eye: 0.09