A large population of lizards have 396 red-sides individuals and557 tan-sided in

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A large population of lizards have 396 red-sides individuals and557 tan-sided individuals. Red is homozygous recessive condition.The population is in Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium. Calculate thefollowing:
a) the allelic frequencies
b) the expected genotypic frequencies
c) the number of heterozygous individuals that you would predict inthis population.
d) the expected phenotypic frequencies
e) conditions were excellent the following breeding season for thelizards. 2000 young were produced. Assuming that the Hardy-Weinbergconditions were met, how many would you expect to be red-sided andhow many would you expect to be tan-sided?

Explanation / Answer

a) We have 396 red individuals and 557 tan individuals. Aswe know that red is homozygous recessive, it means that:

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