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Klio2033 [76]
4 years ago
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In chickens, having feathers on legs is dominant to having featherless legs. In a population of 200 chickens, 128 have featherle

ss legs. How many chickens are heterozygous for the "feathered leg" allele? Assume the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
Biology
1 answer:
Neporo4naja [7]4 years ago
3 0

Answer:

64

Explanation:

Since the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and the equilibrium is defined by the equation

p² + 2pq + q²

where the frequency of the homozygous dominant allele F ( feathers on the leg ) = p²,

F of homozygous ( featherless legs) = q²

F of heterogyous ( carrier of featherless allele) = 2pq

F (q²) = 128/200 = 0.64

q = √0.64 = 0.8

and p + q = 1

p = 1 - 0.8 = 0.2

2pq = 2 × 0.2 × 0.8 = 0.32

number of chickens that are heterozgous for the feathered leg allele = 0.32 × 200 = 64

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