A gene locus has two alleles A, a. If the frequency of dominant allele A is 0.4, then what will be the frequency of homozygous dominant, heterozygous and homozygous recessive individuals in the population?
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a
0.16(AA); 0.36(Aa); 0.48(aa)
b
0.36(AA); 0.48(Aa); 0.16(aa)
c
0.16(AA); 0.24(Aa); 0.36 (aa)
d
0.16(AA); 0.48(Aa); 0.36(aa)
answer is D.
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p=0.4p+q=1q=1-0.4=0.6Frequency of homozygous dominant individuals (AA) =p2=0.4×0.4=0.16Frequency of heterozygous dominant individuals (Aa) =2pq=2×0.4×0.6=0.48Frequency of homozygous recessive individuals (aa) =q2=0.6×0.6=0.36