hardy weiner berg problems[1]
20 February 2025 15:19
1. In the Caucasian population of the US, 1 in 2500 babies is affected by a recessive condition – cystic fibrosis. In this
population, the frequency of the dominant allele is
(a) 0.02
(b) 0.36
(c) 0.56
(d) 0.98
2. A sampled “a” population has 49% of homozygous recessive genotype (aa). Then the frequency of allele “a” is
(a) 0%
(b) 20%
(c) 60%
(d) 70%
3. 160 out of 1000 individuals in a population have a genotype of AA while 480 have Aa genotype. The rest 360
belong to aa. Frequency of allele A in this population is
(a) 0.7
(b) 0.6
(c) 0.5
(d) 0.4
4. A gene locus has two alleles A and a. If the frequency of dominant allele A is 0.7, then the frequency of
homozygous dominant, heterozygous and homozygous recessive individuals in the population is
(a) 0.49(AA); 0.42(Aa); 0.09(aa)
(b) 0.46(AA); 0.42(Aa); 0.09(aa)
(c) 0.46(AA); 0.36(Aa); 0.48(aa)
(d) 0.36(AA); 0.48(Aa); 0.16(aa)
5. What does p2 in the below mentioned Hardy-Weinberg equation indicate?
(p+q)2 = p2 + 2pq + q2
(a) individuals that are heterozygous dominant
(b) individuals having a lethal allele
(c) individuals that are homozygous dominant
(d) individuals that are homozygous recessive
6. 25 individuals in a population are homozygous dominant, then the individuals that are expected to be
homozygous recessive are
(a) 100
(b) 75
(c) 50
(d) 25
7. Consider a population of sheep to be in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The allele for black wool(w) has
an allele frequency of 0.81 while the allele for white wool(W) has an allele frequency of 0.19. Then the
percentage of heterozygous individuals in the population is
(a) 4%
(b) 15%
(c) 31%
(d) 66%
8. This condition is essential for a population to be in the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
(a) random mating
(b) no mutations
(c) large population
(d) all of these
9. This statement describes the Hardy-Weinberg law the best
(a) it is impossible to predict expected allele frequencies mathematically
(b) in large populations, dominant alleles become more prevalent
(c) allele frequency changes over a period of time in a large population
(d) mechanism of inheritance in a large population does not change allele frequency
10. This is true of the population which are included in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
(a) entities migrate constantly
(b) populations should be limited and small
(c) mating is random
(d) process of natural selection is occurring
11. Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium operates in the absence of
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(a) Gene flow
(b) Mutation
(c) Natural selection
(d) All of these
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In a population at Hardy Weinberg equilibrium,
the allele frequency of ‘A’ is 0.3, the expected
frequency of ‘Aa’ individuals is
A. 0.21
B. 0.42
C. 0.63
D. 0.18
9% of Hardy Weinberg population of 800 are recessive. How
many of this population are heterozygous?
A. 336
B. 392
C. 372
D. 362
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