Hardy-Weinberg Calculations

Question 1

Frequency

Answer 1

how common something is; usually expressed as a decimal percentage; e.g. an incidence of “2 in 5” gives the same information as a frequency of 0.4 or 40%

Question 2

Hardy-Weinberg equation

Answer 2

an equation used to determine the frequency of genotypes:
p2 + 2pq + q
where p = frequency of the dominant allele
q = frequency of the recessive allele

If the frequency of genotypes is known, the equation can be used to work backwards to find the frequency of alleles in the gene pool

Question 3

The frequency of the homozygous genotype in the population

Answer 3

p2 = f(AA)

Question 4

The frequency of the heterozygous genotype in the population

Answer 4

2pq = f(Aa)

Question 5

The frequency of the homozygous recessive genotype in the population

Answer 5

q2 = f(aa)