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Question 3 (8 pts). Before a drought arrives in the environment, a population of

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Question 3 (8 pts). Before a drought arrives in the environment, a population of frogs is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and has a gene that encode for leg length called F, with allele "F" coding for long leg and "f" coding for short leg. Allele frequencies before the drought are: frequency of "F" 0.7 and frequency of "P 0.3. Fitness is measured for each genotype and determined as: fitness of FF 1, fitness of Ff 0.4 and fitness of ff What is the frequency of the "f" allele, one generation after the drought arrived in the environment?

Explanation / Answer

The frequency of F = 0.7,

the frequency of f = 0.3.

FF

Ff

Ff

Genotype frequencies

0.7*0.7 = 0.49

2*0.7*0.3 = 0.42

0.3*0.3 = 0.09

Fitness

1

0.4

0.6

The genotype frequencies after fitness (frequencies * fitness)

0.49*1=0.49

0.42*0.4=0.168

0.09*0.6=0.054

The allele frequencies after fitness

Genotype

Freequency

Allele F

Allele f

Total

FF

0.49

0.98

0

0.98

Ff

0.168

0.168

0.168

0.336

ff

0.054

0

0.108

0.108

Total

0.712

1.148

0.276

1.424

Allele F

= 1.148/1.424

0.81

Allele f

= 0.276/1.424

0.19

F = 0.81; f = 0.19

FF

Ff

Ff

Genotype frequencies

0.7*0.7 = 0.49

2*0.7*0.3 = 0.42

0.3*0.3 = 0.09

Fitness

1

0.4

0.6

The genotype frequencies after fitness (frequencies * fitness)

0.49*1=0.49

0.42*0.4=0.168

0.09*0.6=0.054

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