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14 June, 04:33

In a large flock of 6520 sheep, 53 of them have yellow fat while the rest of the flock members have white fat. Yellow fat is inherited as a recessive trait. Assuming the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, how many of the white fat sheep will have a homozygous dominant genotype?

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  1. 14 June, 04:57
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    number of sheep with homozygous dominant white fat genotype = 5399

    Explanation:

    If p = frequency of dominant allele and q = frequency of recessive allele

    According to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium:

    p + q = 1 and p² + 2pq + q² = 1

    where p² = frequency of homozygous dominant genotype

    q² = frequency of homozygous recessive genotype

    and 2pq = frequency of heterozygous genotype

    Here,

    q² = 53/6520 = 0.0081

    q = √0.0081 = 0.09

    p = 1-q = 1-0.09 = 0.91

    So, p² = 0.91² = 0.8281

    number of sheep with homozygous dominant white fat genotype = 0.8281*6520 = 5399
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