Galactosemia is an autosomal recessive human disorder that affects 1/250,000 individuals in Sweden. Individuals with galactosemia have genotype “gg”. What is the frequency of heterozygous individuals in this population?

Answer

0.000004

0.002

0.004

0.996

0.998

Question

Galactosemia is an autosomal recessive human disorder that affects 1/250,000 individuals in Sweden. Individuals with galactosemia have genotype “gg”. What is the frequency of heterozygous individuals in this population?

Answer
		
   0.000004

		
   0.002

		
         0.004

		
         0.996

		
         0.998

anonymous · Answer

@Luigi0210 @wolf1728

anonymous · Answer

I can't seem to find the right answer to this one.

anonymous · Answer

@aaronq

alphadxg · Answer

You need to find P and q, q can be found easily from this, then take 1 - q = p

then 2(p)(q) = answer .004 

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