Assuming that there are only two alleles at a given locus, if the frequency of one allele is 0.6, what is the frequency of the other allele?

A. - 0.6.

B. 0

C. 0.4

D. 0.6

E. 1

c. 0.4

Explanation:

A gene may have two or more alleles. Irrespective of the total number of alleles, the sum total of frequencies of all the possible alleles for a gene present in the population is always 1. If a gene has two alleles and the frequency of one allele of the gene in a population is p and that of another allele is q, their total frequency would be one.

So, if the frequency of one allele is = 0.6

Frequency of another allele would be = 1-0.6 = 0.4