In the case of complete dominance in a population in equilibrium,we cannot tell which individuals are homozygous dominants and which are heterozygous,but by knowing the frequency of the homozygous recessives,we can estimate the frequency of homozygous dominant and heterozygous genotypes.

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In a population in equilibrium adhering to Hardy-Weinberg principles, if we know the frequency of the homozygous recessive genotype, we can use the equation p^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1 to calculate p and q (the frequencies of the dominant and recessive alleles, respectively) and thus estimate the frequencies of the homozygous dominant (p^2) and heterozygous (2pq) genotypes.

In the Case of Complete Dominance in a Population in Equilibrium,we