Question

Cystic fibrosis is a homozygous recessive condition that affects 1 in 10,000 of the Hispanic population in the United States. Calculate the frequency of the dominant allele, the frequency of the recessive allele, and the percentage of heterozygous individuals (carriers) in the Hispanic population.

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Answer 1

Answer:

That is the answer to our first question: the frequency of the cystic fibrosis (recessive) allele in the population is 0.02 (or 2%). The frequency of the dominant allele in the population. Answer: The frequency of the dominant (normal) allele in the population (p) is simply 1 - 0.02 = 0.98 (or 98%).