7.2 Hardy

Question 1

1. What is a gene pool?

Answer 1

All the genes in a population

Question 2

2. What is p? t

Answer 2

2. What is p? the frequency of the dominant allele in the population

Question 3

3. What is q? t

Answer 3

3. What is q? the frequency of the recessive allele in the population

Question 4

4. What is p2? t

Answer 4

4. What is p2? the frequency of individuals in the population with homozygous dominant genotype in the population

Question 5

5. What is 2pq?

Answer 5

5. What is 2pq? the frequency of individuals in the population with a heterozygous genotype

Question 6

6. What is q2? t

Answer 6

6. What is q2? the frequency of individuals in the population with the homozygous recessive genotype

Question 7

7. What is the Hardy Weinberg equation?

Answer 7

p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1

Question 8

8. What does the Hardy Weinberg equation predict?

Answer 8

That the frequency of alleles will be the same from one generation to the next, as long as all the assumptions are met.

Question 9

9. What are the assumptions under which the Hardy Weinberg equation would hold true?

Answer 9

i. There are no mutations
ii. There is no assortative mating
iii. The population is large
iv. There is no selection
v. There is no migration