A. If the mutation is partially recessive (h=0.2), what is the probability of fixation? B. If the mutation is additive (h=0.5), what is the probability of fixation? C. Explain in 1-2 sentences why the probability of fixation depends on the dominance coefficient.

In a hypothetical population, matings involving two individuals heterozygous for the phenylketonuria allele on chromosome 12 result in 10% of the offspring showing the effects of the disease. This percentage arises because:   A. the trait has pleiotropic effect   B. the trait assorts independently   C. the trait has low expressivity   D. the trait has only partial penetrance   E.  the trait is sex-influenced

Pretend that you are comparing the actual genotype distribution for a population with the distribution of genotypes predicted by the Hardy-Weinberg theorem.  So your hypothesis is that the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (i.e. that actual population data fit the Hardy-Weinberg expectations).  If you carry out a chisquare goodness of fit test and calculate a total chisquare value of 0.03 with 1 degree of freedom (see table), what does this mean? (select all true statements)a) The data do NOT fit the hypothesized distribution.b) The data do fit the hypothesized distribution well enough, so we accept the hypothesis at this time (i.e. we cannot reject the hypothesis). c) The probability that the data came from a population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is too small, so we reject the hypothesis.d) The probability that the data came from a population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is too big, so we reject the hypothesis.e) The data support Hardy-Weinberg expectations – there is no…

Albinism is due to a recessive allele of an autosomal gene. Let a represent the albino allele and A represent the normal non-albino allele. If one out of every 10,000 people were albino and assuming that the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, A. what would be the phenotype frequencies of albino and non-albino ? B. what would be the allele frequencies of a and of A? C. what fraction of people can be expected to be of the genotype Aa? D. what fraction of people can be expected to be of the genotype AA?

Consider an autosomal locus with alleles A and a. If the the allele frequencies are as follows Freq(A) = 0.4, Freq(a) = 0.6. , then what is the predicted frequency of heterozygous Aa individuals, assuming the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? Freq(Aa) = ? Enter a number between 0 and 1, inclusive, for example 0.33

You are interested if whether several genes of a certain species of beetle assort independently. So, you conduct several generations of matings, and after you have collected all your data, you are ready to analyze your results. You conduct a Chi2 test to test your hypothesis. You have 6 groups and calculate a Chi? = 13.22. Given that the critical value at 0.05 level of %3D significance = 11.07 at df = 5, %3D (A) State your null hypothesis. (B) Should you accept or reject your null hypothesis? (C) Why did you arrive your decision in (B)?

A. How does the linkage of traits impact selection decisions in a breeding plan?   B. How are molecular markers useful for making selection decisions in the face of linkage drag?

Explain Using temperature-sensitive alleles for time-of-function analysis?