Question

After a disastrous blizzard, there was a significant increase in the allele frequency of blue eye color in husky dogs. the frequency of alleles for brown-eyed dogs was 7.5% and the allele frequency for hazel-eyed dogs was 22.5% of all alleles for the population. what is the allele frequency percentage for the blue-eyed husky dogs in this population?

Answer 1

Answer:

frequency of blue eyed husky dogs = 70%

Explanation:

given data

brown eyed dogs = 7.5%

hazel eyed dogs = 22.5%

to find out

allele frequency percentage for the blue eyed husky dogs in this population

solution

we know that total frequency of all the phenotypes should be = 1 or 100%

so when frequency of brown eyed and hazel eyed dogs total =  22.5% + 7.5% = 30 %

so then frequency of blue eyed husky dogs will be

frequency of blue eyed husky dogs = 100% - 30%

frequency of blue eyed husky dogs = 70%