1.     The compound phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) tastes very bitter to most persons. The inability to taste PTC is controlled by a single recessive gene. In the American white population, about 70% can taste PTC while 30% cannot (are non-tasters). Estimate the frequencies of the Taster (T) and nontaster (t) alleles in this population as well as the frequencies of the genotypes

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Lets say there exists a gene  in the United States that comes in two alleles, the dominant A and the recessive a.  The allele frequency of the dominant allele is 60% and the allele frequency of the recessive allele is 40%  The population in genotyped and its found in the United States there are 36% Homozygous Dominant folk, 48% Homozygous Recessive folk, and 16% Homozygous recessive folk.  Do you think there is any fitness advantage to any of these genotypes?  Why or why not? View keyboard shortcuts

Some individuals in a canine population is susceptible to disease X, which strikes the adults. The susceptibility is later found to be determined by a single locus, with the R allele dominant over the r allele, such that the rr individuals are susceptible to the disease and the others immune. A population genetic survey showed that 1% of the newborns carry the rr genotype. Also, an independent estimation showed that mutation rate converting R to r is 5 × 10-3 per generation. You suspected that the r allele frequency is maintained by mutation- selection balance (MSB). If your hypothesis of MSB is true, then what is the survival rate for the rr adults? (Note: the equilibrium allele frequency ĝ is calculated as ĝ where %3D u is the mutation rate and s is the selection coefficient.) 5% 50% 95% 99% None of the above

1. Certain flowers are either red (dominant) or white (rr). 91% of the flowers are red. Using the equations, calculate the frequency of the R allele. First you replace R and r for p and q. Thus we know that q2 = .09, because only the homozygous recessives will be white.  *changed away from percentages to work the math more easily*         What is the frequency of the R allele in this population? 2. In a coastal city in Nigeria, the incidence of Sickle-Cell disease is 4% of the population. Based on this information, what is the frequency of this allele in the population of that city? 3. In a given human population, only the "A" and "B" alleles are present in the ABO system; there are no individuals with type "O" blood or with O alleles in this particular population. If 200 people have type A blood, 75 have type AB blood, and 25 have type B blood, what are the alleleic frequencies of this population (i.e., what are p and q)? 4. An allele W, for white wool, is dominant over allele w, for…

Tay-Sachs disease is a recessive genetic disease. Individuals with this disease rarely survive past the age of four. In the general population, approximately 1 person in 300 carries the allele for this disease. However, in some populations, including the Irish Americans, the Ashkenazi Jews, and the Cajuns from Louisiana, the proportion of Tay-Sachs carriers is much higher (1 in 27 to 1 in 50) than in other populations. Such high frequency of an otherwise rare allele is expected when    Question 24 options:   populations experienced disruptive selection   populations were founded by a small number of settlers   the allele is advantageous at the heterozygous state    populations have higher than average mutation rates   populations experienced stabilizing selection

There are two incomplete-dominant alleles for petal color in a population of flowers. 36% of the flowers have red petals, 16% of the organisms have white petals, and 48% of the flowers have pink petals. What percentage of alleles in this population code for red petals (R)? Phenotype Genotype Red RR Pink Rr White rr

1. Examine the features of the two coyotes pictured below. Complete the sentences by selecting the best term or phrase within each set of parentheses. Individuals within a coyote population have genetic (similarities / differences / similarities and differences). Coyotes with genetic variations and traits better suited to their environment are (more likely / less likely / as likely) to survive and reproduce as compared to other coyotes. For example, coyotes with lighter-colored fur living in an environment with lighter- colored vegetation are (more / less / as likely) to be able to hide from predators. The surviving coyotes may then pass this favorable variation onto their (parents / siblings / offspring).

The ability to taste phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) is a trait controlled by a single gene with two alleles (PTC taster and PTC non-taster). Suppose 36% of a remote mountain village cannot taste PTC and must, therefore, be homozygous recessive (aa) for the PTC non-taster allele. If this population conforms to Hardy-Weinberg expectations for this gene, what percentage of the population must be homozygous (AA) for the PTC taster allele? 48% 40% 16% 32%

1. In a population at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, 190 out of 1000 individuals have polydactyly. Note that the trait is dominant. (6 pts) a. What is the frequency of the dominant and recessive alleles? b. How many individuals in the population are expected to be heterozygotes? c. How many individuals in the population are expected to be homozygous dominant?