Question

A hypothetical population of 10,000 humans has 6840 individuals with the blood type AA, 2860 individuals with blood type AB and 300 individuals with the blood type BB. If the next generation contained 25,000 individuals, how may individuals would have BB blood type, assuming the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? Express as a whole number.

Answer 1

Answer:

750

Explanation:

According to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium,

p + q = 1

p² + 2pq + q² = 1

where,

p = frequency of dominant allele

q = frequency of recessive allele

p² = frequency of homozygous dominant genotype

2pq =  frequency of heterozygous genotype

q² = frequency of homozygous recessive genotype

Here,

q² = BB = ( 300/10000 )

= 0.03

If the population is in HWE, next generation would also have the same frequency of BB genotype.

Number of offspring in next generation = 25000

BB blood type offspring = 0.03 * 25000 = 750