One child in 3000 is born with a particular metabolic defect which results from a homozygous recessive genotype. Assuming Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium:

a. What is the estimated frequency of this recessive allele? Enter your answer as a proportion (we recommend carrying the answer to three decimal places).

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One child in 3000 is born with a particular metabolic defect which results from a homozygous recessive genotype. Assuming Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium:

a. What is the estimated frequency of this recessive allele? Enter your answer as a proportion (we recommend carrying the answer to three decimal places).

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b. What is the estimated frequency of heterozygous "carriers" of this defect? Enter your answer as a proportion.

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Noooo clue how to do this... no clue whatsoever.

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Actually, I got a. Now I'm trying to get b.

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Got b! :)