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Chapter 5 ( Population Genetics)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the correct statement about gene pool.

a)

The total number of chromosome in a population

b)

Total number of alleles for each gene in a population

c)

Total number of alleles at the locus of an individual

d)

The total number of gene in an individual

2.

All alleles in all genes in all chromosomes in all organisms in a population are the population's

a)

genotype

b)

allele

c)

gene pool

d)

genotype frequency

3.

The principle that, under certain conditions, genotype and allele frequencies in a population will remain unchanged is called

a)

Mendel's law of segregation

b)

Hardy-Weinberg Law

c)

Mendel's law of independent assortment

d)

Hardy Weinberg equation

4.

Hardy- Weinberg population will disrupted when

a)

selection occurs

b)

mating occurs at random

c)

organisms do not migrate out of population

d)

number of individuals in the population is high

5.

Albinism in man is controlled by recessive allele a. In a population , the frequency of albinism is one for every 40000 individuals. What is the percentage of the allele a?

a)

0.05%

b)

0.50%

c)

5%

d)

50%

6.

The genotype frequency of a mutant which is recessive homozygous is 0.16. What is the frequency of the mutant allele?

a)

0.84

b)

0.60

c)

0.40

d)

0.32

7.

The cystic fibrosis, is a condition of recessive homozygous. If one in every 2000 individuals in a population suffers this ailment, what is the frequency of the gene in that population.

a)

0.001

b)

0.022

c)

0.043

d)

0.98

8.

In a population that is Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium, there are two alleles, B and b, at certain gene locus. The frequency of allele B is 0.7. What is the frequency of heterozygotes in the population?

a)

0.70

b)

0.49

c)

0.21

d)

0.42

9.

A human population in Africa, 1.0% of the individual suffers from sickle-cell anemia and died due to it. What is the percentage of heterozygous individuals in the population.

a)

1.00%

b)

1.96%

c)

3.92%

d)

9.60%

10.

In a type of mammal, gene for the albino is recessive to the brown hair gene. In an investigation, it is found that 72 out of 500 mammals are albinos. What is the genotype frequency for heterozygous individuals in the population?

a)

0.25

b)

0.47

c)

0.50

d)

0.75

11.

In a population of 700 hamsters, 543 hamsters are black fur. The allele for black fur B is dominant over white fur b. What is the genotype frequency for heterozygous hamster in the population?

a)

19%

b)

10%

c)

50%

d)

90%

12.

In Hardy- Weinberg population of hamster with two alleles B (black) and b (white) the frequency of recessive allele is 0.7. What is the percentage of homozygous recessive genotype?

a)

3%

b)

7%

c)

49%

d)

70%

13.

If a population of 1000 individuals has 160 aa genotype, assuming the dominant allele is A, the frequency of dominant phenotype is

a)

0.08

b)

0.16

c)

0.42

d)

0.84

14.

In a certain population, 40 out of every 1000 births results in an individual suffering from cystic fibrosis. What is the allele frequency for the recessive allele that cause cystic fibrosis?

a)

0.02

b)

0.20

c)

0.40

d)

0.80

15.

About 1 over 5000 individuals is affected by cystic fibrosis. Calculate the frequency of carriers?

a)

0.014

b)

0.028

c)

0.986

d)

1.000

16.

In the population of 1000 birds,529 birds have long beaks (dominant traits) while the other have small beaks. What is the percentage of the population that shows dominant traits but has recessive allele?

a)

68.6%

b)

43.1%

c)

47.1%

d)

31.4%

17.

Albinism in mice is controlled by recessive allele. In a population of mice, 16% are albino. Assume that the population is in Hardy - Weinberg equilibrium, what is the frequency of carrier?

a)

0.26

b)

0.36

c)

0.48

d)

0.50

18.

Gene pool for a population would reach the equilibrium level if

a)

size of the population is small

b)

natural selection occurs

c)

mating happen salectively

d)

mutation does not occur in the population

19.

The ability to taste PTC is controlled by the dominant allele, T while the inability to taste PTC is controlled by the recessive allele, t. In a population, 70% can taste PTC. By assuming the population is in equilibrium, what is the frequency of allele t in the population?

a)

0.20

b)

0.30

c)

0.45

d)

0.55

20.

Assuming Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium, 21% of the population is homozygous dominant and 50% is heterozygous. What is the percentage of the next generation predicted to be homozygous recessive?

a)

21%

b)

50%

c)

29%

d)

42%