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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?

ANSWERS:

Square root of 0.14

Square root of 0.86

1 – Square root of 0.14

2 × 0.14 × 0.86

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PLEASE HELP

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?

ANSWERS:

 Square root of 0.14

 Square root of 0.86

 1 – Square root of 0.14

 2 × 0.14 × 0.86

anonymous · Answer

can someone please help me

praetorian.10 · Answer

If  14% of the population is pink flower that means its r which is recessive. If the reccesive trait is 14% that means the Dominant trait is 86%. So, in that case, what would the frequency of the Recessive allele be?

anonymous · Answer

@izzyvelazco This is done with Hardy-Weinberg equation:$$p ^{2}+2pq+q^{2}=1$$Where p = frequency of R and q = the frequency of r in your population.  $$q^{2}$$represents the rr portion of the population.  You are told that is 14% that means that the frequency of r is:$$\sqrt{0.14}$$