What would be the frequency of pink flowers in a population where the allele frequency of CR is 40% and the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? Assume that CR CR is red, CRCW is pink, and CwCw is white?

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What would be the frequency of pink flowers in a population where the allele frequency of CR is 40% and the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?  Assume that CR CR is red, CRCW is pink, and CwCw is white?

ookawaiioo · Answer

give me a minute I can solve this

ookawaiioo · Answer

48% will be pink

CR + CwCw = 1

Since CR is 40% or 0.4, then CwCw is 60% or 0.6

To find the frequency of the alleles in the population, you have to use this equation:

CR^2 + 2CRCwCw + CwCw^2 =1
 0.16 + ??????????? + 0.36 = 1

????????? = 0.48 or 48%