Question

Flowers in the population of plants you are studying can be red or pink. The allele for red flowers (R) is completely dominant over the allele for pink flowers (r). If 14% of the population has pink flowers, how would you determine the frequency of the recessive allele?

Square root of 0.14

Square root of 0.86

1 – Square root of 0.14

2 × 0.14 × 0.86