Question

A plant has two alleles for color the red allele is recessive and is represented by q the purple allele is dominant and is represented by p if 76 of 100 organisms are red what is q

Answer 1

The answer is 0.87

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

0.87

Step-by-step explanation:

As given

q=red (recessive)

p=purple (dominant);

According to Hardy-Weinberg law;

(p+q)= 1 = p²+ 2pq+ q²

As the information provided, the red allele is recessive and it is represented by q

so q²= 76/100 = 0.76

Now we can find the recessive allele frequency using it as q is the frequency of recessive allele.

Thus, q= √0.76

q= 0.8717797887

Thus, the value of q is 0.871