Question

There are 150 Pakicetus in the population at present. Assume Charles had another mutation; this one at the B locus, to produce allele b. What is the gene frequency of allele b in the population if the population of Pakicetus reaches 100,000

Answer 1

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Let’s look at a different gene locus, we’ll call it B. The normal, wild type, the population was 100% BB. There are 150 Pakicetus in the population at present. Assume Charles had another mutation; this one at the B locus, to produce allele b. What is the gene frequency of allele b in the population if the population of Pakicetus reaches 100,000

answer : ≈ 1

Explanation:

Determine the Gene frequency of allele b

Population = 100,000

There are 150 Pakicetus in population i.e. 300 alleles at locus B

hence the frequency of b = 1/300 = 0.33%

Increase in population does not affect frequency of b ( HW equilibrium )

therefore the Gene frequency of allele b

= 0.33% * 0.33% * 100000 = 1.08  

≈ 1