Question

if an original dog population has an allele with frequency 0.6 and a population size of 211 individuals and 44 dogs move from another population to join the original population and bring with them the same allele with frequency 0.5, what is the allele frequency in the new population (to two decimals - round to the nearest 0.01).

Answer 1

The allele frequency in the new population can be found by calculating the weighted average of the allele frequencies from the original and new populations.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the allele frequency in the new population, we can calculate the weighted average of the allele frequencies from the original and new populations. We multiply the allele frequency of the original population by the number of individuals in that population, and then add the product to the allele frequency of the new population multiplied by the number of individuals in that population. Finally, we divide by the total number of individuals in the new population.

For the original population: allele frequency = 0.6 and population size = 211

For the new population: allele frequency = 0.5 and population size = 44

Using the formula: ((allele frequency of original population * population size of original population) + (allele frequency of new population * population size of new population)) / (population size of original population + population size of new population)

Plugging in the values: ((0.6 * 211) + (0.5 * 44)) / (211 + 44) = 0.58

Therefore, the allele frequency in the new population is 0.58.