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The Hardy- Weinberg Principle That States If pp Is the Frequency of the Dominant Allele

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The Hardy- Weinberg principle that states if pp is the frequency of the dominant allele AA in a gene pool and qq is the frequency of the recessive allele aa in the gene pool, then p+q=1p+q=1 and p2+2pq+q2=1\mathrm{p}^{2}+2 \mathrm{pq}+\mathrm{q}^{2}=1 .
*Portion of the population that is homozygous dominant (AA) : p2\mathrm{p}^{2}
*Portion of the population that is heterozygous dominant (Aa) : 2pq
*Portion of the population that is homozygous recessive (aa) : q2\mathrm{q}^{2}
Sickle-cell anemia is a recessive genetic condition, meaning that a person only has the disease if both alleles are recessive. If 0.35%0.35 \% of a population has sickle- cell anemia, what percentage of the population is homozygous dominant and what percentage is heterozygous dominant? Round q\mathrm{q} and p\mathrm{p} to the nearest thousandth, and round percentages to the nearest tenth of a perœent.


A) homozygous dominant: 86.2%86.2 \% , heterozygous dominant: 12.8%12.8 \%
B) homozygous dominant: 94.1%94.1 \% , heterozygous dominant: 5.9%5.9 \%
C) homozygous dominant: 94.5\%, heterozygous dominant: 5.5%5.5 \%
D) homozygous dominant: 88.5\%, heterozygous dominant: 11.1%11.1 \%

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