Question

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

Answer 1

270/3000=0.09
p + q = 1
So p + 0.09 = 1
p = 0.91
Red eye: 0.91
White eye: 0.09

Answer 2

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.