Question 21.5 pts

Use the provided information and the information about Mongolian gerbils from your eBook to correctly match the frequency of alleles.

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There is a Mongolian gerbil population with the alleles of A of a. The population being studied has a total number of 224 A alleles and a total number of 176 a alleles.



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What is the total number of alleles?

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What is the frequency of the A allele?

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What is the frequency of the a allele?

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To find the total number of alleles and their frequencies, we can use the following formulas:

  1. Total number of alleles in a population can be calculated as follows: \[ \text{Total alleles} = \text{Number of A alleles} + \text{Number of a alleles} \]

  2. Frequency of a specific allele is calculated by dividing the number of that allele by the total number of alleles: \[ \text{Frequency of allele A} = \frac{\text{Number of A alleles}}{\text{Total alleles}} \] \[ \text{Frequency of allele a} = \frac{\text{Number of a alleles}}{\text{Total alleles}} \]

Now, let's calculate:

  1. Total number of alleles: \[ \text{Total alleles} = 224 , (A) + 176 , (a) = 400 \]

  2. Frequency of the A allele: \[ \text{Frequency of A} = \frac{224}{400} = 0.56 \]

  3. Frequency of the a allele: \[ \text{Frequency of a} = \frac{176}{400} = 0.44 \]

Summary of Answers:

  • Total number of alleles: 400
  • Frequency of A allele: 0.56
  • Frequency of a allele: 0.44

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