Question

P and q represent the frequency of alleles in a population of diploid organisms if

Answer 1

In this equation, p^2 represents the proportion of homozygous dominant individuals, q^2 represents the proportion of homozygous recessive individuals, and 2pq represents the proportion of heterozygotes.The letterp designates the frequency of a dominant allele, and q is the frequencyof a recessive allele.