The fraggles are a population of mythical, mouselike creatures that live in unde

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The fraggles are a population of mythical, mouselike creatures that live in underground tunnels and
chambers beneath a large vegetable garden that supplies their food. They can reproduce VERY quickly!
Of the 154 fraggles currently in this population, 93 have green fur and 61 have gray fur. Green fur is
controlled by a dominant allele F and gray fur by a recessive allele f.

a) What is the frequency of the gray allele f?

b) What is the frequency of the green allele F?

c) How many fraggles are heterozygous (Ff)?

d) How many fraggles are homozygous recessive (ff)?

e) How many fraggles are homozygous dominant (FF)?

Explanation / Answer

a) What is the frequency of the gray allele f? 0.629 b) What is the frequency of the green allele F? 0.37 c) How many fraggles are heterozygous (Ff)? 0.465 d) How many fraggles are homozygous recessive (ff)? 0.13 e) How many fraggles are homozygous dominant (FF)? 0.38

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