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OpenStudy (elonasushchik):

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?

OpenStudy (elonasushchik):

and this 2 × 0.14 x 0.86 are my choices ^^^^

OpenStudy (elonasushchik):

@AlexandervonHumboldt2

OpenStudy (elonasushchik):

@nechirwan

OpenStudy (elonasushchik):

@Nnesha

OpenStudy (shadeyghost):

you can't figure out which red flowers have the recessive allele without having a 2nd generation

OpenStudy (shadeyghost):

all you know is that the 14% of pink flowers have the recessive trait

OpenStudy (elonasushchik):

ok soo... Its the first choice.

OpenStudy (shadeyghost):

\[\sqrt{.14}\]? this one

OpenStudy (elonasushchik):

I soo the first?

OpenStudy (shadeyghost):

yea i guess

OpenStudy (elonasushchik):

u guess or u sure... hmm

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