Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Population Genetics and Evolution

Hardy-Weinberg Equation 

The information that was given to me for the hardy-Weinberg problem is,
 the population is 1000 and my q2 is 0.28
 
 My q2, homozygous recessive individual, is 0.28. With this I can find the dominant allele, q. I just need to squared root the 0.28 and I will receive q, which is 0.53. Then I can find P, the recessive allele, by using the equation P+q=1. The equation results me to subtract the 1 with q to get P, which becomes 0.47. To find P2, homozygous dominant individual, you will squared P, P2 will be 0.22. Then with P and q in hand, you can be able to find 2pq, heterozygous ind, by multiplying 2 with p and q. 2Pq will be 0.50.

In equation format it will be:
q2 = 0.28    q= 0.53    P= 0.47    P2 = 0.22    2pq= 0.50

√ 0.28 = 0.53
1- 0.53= 0.47
0.472 =0.22
 2*0.53*0.47= 0.50

With the population of 1000, I can find the number of alleles and the number of individuals with the genotype. All that is needed is to multiply the P2,p, q2,q and 2pq by 1000.

The results for the individual of the alleles and the genotype are:
q= 530     P= 470     q2= 280     P2= 220     2pq= 500

0.28*1000=280
 0.53*1000=530
0.47*1000=470
 0.22*1000=220
0.50*1000=500

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