Question

When calculating allele frequencies in the Hardy-Weinberg equation, why can you not simply use the dominant phenotype to calculate p?
A-You actually can calculate p from the dominant phenotype by dividing the number of dominant individuals in a population by the total number of individuals in a population.
B- The dominant phenotype cannot be calculated because the total number of individuals in the population is unknown.
C- The dominant phenotype is represented by pand q.
D- The dominant phenotype represents both homozygous and heterozygous genotypes.

Answer 1

I say C need second opinion

Answer 2

@shrutipande9

Answer 3

see...i will give u an eg...
Y is yellow seeds and y green seeds.
Now YY and Yy give yellow seeds. But p in hardy weinberg only gives frequency of dominant allele. we also need 2pq to find out frequency of heterozygotes. because heterozygotes also give dominant phenotype

Answer 4

http://www.k-state.edu/parasitology/biology198/hardwein.html

Answer 5

after reading yhat i still say C . Unless im wrong and i can do more research.

Answer 6

Now im looking at B

Answer 7

see...Y is dominant allele...and yellow seeds in dominant phenotype. we can get dominant allele when we have Y but if we want dominant phenotype then we can get it with YY or Yy. u get me?

Answer 8

So b

Answer 9

nope

Answer 10

I know its not D, and if its not B, then either A or C

Answer 11

I dont think its A

Answer 12

y do u think its not D or B?

Answer 13

Bcause the punnet square gives us the results so we know the numbers

Answer 14

its D @shrutipande9

Answer 15

In the equation, p represents the frequency of the dominant allele and q is the frequency of the recessive allele. An easy way to remember this is that in the alphabet, p comes before q, and in genetics, the dominant allele is written before the recessive allele.

Answer 16

cool..:D