Answer to Question #317463 in Evolution for Salama

Question

Cystic fibrosis is caused by autosomal recessive mutation. In European population one out of 10,000 babies is born with this disorder.what is the frequency of cystic fibrosis allele in European population assuming hardy Weinberg conditions are met ?

Answer 1

The frequency of the cystic fibrosis (recessive) allele in the population is 0.02 (or 2%).