Answer to Question #174328 in Genetics for Malak Sadka

Question

Through PCR, we have determined the PER3 genotypes for a class of students as follows:

H4/H4 = 125 individuals; H4/H5 = 90 individuals and H5/H5=85 individuals.

Using the allele frequencies experimentally derived, calculate the frequency of the H4/H5 genotype that would be expected if the class were a population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Select only one answer.

1.0.14

2.0.43

3.0.49

4.0.24

5.0.32

6.0.19

7.0.57

Answer 1

5.0.32