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This is a linked characteristic. Whip-poor-wills. (Camprimulgus vociferus! The population has found in two adult phenotypes: rufous(red) and gray. An ornithologist investigates the genetics of this color variation and discovers that rufous individuals are one of two genotypes (RR or Rr), while gray individuals are rr. The frequency of these genotypes at Generation 1 in northern New Jersey are: 60% RR, 20%Rr, and 20% rr.

If the Hardy-Weinberg Law holds for these genetic variants, what is the frequency of the R allele in this population?

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Given that, the percent of people with RR genotype, p2 = 60% or 0.6

Frequency of Rr allele, 2pq = 0.2; and p+q = 1 (Assuming the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium)

The frequency of R allele, or p = 2* 0.6 + 0.20/ 2* (1) = 0.7

The percent of people with rr genotype, q2 = 20% or 0.2

The frequency of r allele or q = 2* 0.2 + 0.2/ 2* (1) = 0.3

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