Question 6:
Calculate the genotypic frequencies that you would expect if thepopulation is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
(Remember, that we are preparing to use the Chi-squaregoodness-of-fit test to determine if this population is in fact inHardy-Weinberg equilibrium).
Round your answer to three decimal places and submityour answer in the correct format (e.g. 0.062).
(a) The frequency of the SS genotype is:
(b) The frequency of the Ss genotype is:
(c) The frequency of the ss genotype is:
The total number of leopards in this population is 284.
For reference:
Phenotype | Genotype | Number of leopards |
brown pigmentation | SS | 194 |
brown pigmentation | Ss | 88 |
red pigmentation (strawberry leopard) | ss | 2 |
S = dominant allele for brown pigmentation
s = recessive allele for red pigmentation (erythrism)
the frequency of the S (dominant) allele in this population:0.916
the frequency of the s (recessive) allele in this population:0.084
