Hardy Weinberg Practice problems

Which of these is a condition that must be met for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

• extremely small population size

• no natural selection

• gene flow

• nonrandom mating

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2

What does p stand for?

• dominant allele

• recessive allele

• homozygous dominant

• homozygous recessive

• heterozygous

Which of the following is the equation that you would use for Hardy-Weinberg?

• p + 2q = 1

• 2p + 2q = 1

• 2p + q = 1

• p + q = 1

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NGSS.HS-LS4-3

A population of 150 individuals has an allele frequency of 0.3 for the dominant allele (B) and a frequency of 0.7 for the recessive allele (b). Use the Hardy-Weinberg equation to determine the frequency of the genotype (bb).

• 0.09
• 0.42
• 0.49
• 0.21

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

The allele frequency of p=.20 What is q?

• .80

• .04

• .32

• .64

64% of the population has the recessive phenotype. What is the percentage of the recessive genotype?

• .04

• .32

• .64

• .2

• .8

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

64% of the population has the recessive phenotype. What is the percentage of the heterogeneous genotype?

• .04

• .32

• .64

• .2

• .8

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

If p= 0.6

What is the frequency of the recessive phenotype?

• 0.36

• 0.40

• 0.16

• 0.48

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NGSS.HS-LS4-3

64% of the population has the recessive phenotype. What is the allele frequency for q?

• .04

• .32

• .64

• .2

• .8

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NGSS.HS-LS4-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

64% of the population has the recessive phenotype. What is the percentage for Rr?

• .04

• .32

• .64

• .2

• .8

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3