Help with Hardy-Weinberg

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GRE Subject Test: Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology › Help with Hardy-Weinberg

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Which of the following is not an assumption of the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

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Which of the following choices are likely to change the allele frequencies of the indicated populations?

I. A geographic barrier isolating a small subset of a larger population

II. The introduction of a predator that only preys upon the homozygous dominant members of the population

III. A population that displays completely random mating

3

A population of insects exists in which black coloration is dominant to white. If there are 64 black insects and 36 white insects in the population, what is the recessive allele frequency?

4

Within his rat population, a scientist is trying to generate twice as many recessive homozygotes as heterozygotes. What allelic frequency would accomplish this?

5

Which of the following is not a tenet of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

6

What are the phenotypic ratios for a given population for which the proportion of the dominant allele is 0.55 and that of the recessive allele is 0.45?

7

Which of the following conditions are not necessary for a population to be in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

8

A population of beetles exists in which black coloration is dominant to white. The allele frequencies of the population were originally o.4 for the dominant allele and 0.6 for the recessive allele. A predator was introduced that selectively ate the white beetles. The new population consists of 36 homozygous dominant black beetles, 48 heterozygous beetles, and 16 white beetles. What are the new allele frequencies?

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Which of the following is not a condition for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

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An isolated population consists of 10 males and 10 females. Two individuals are carriers of the recessive blue eye allele. Assuming all Hardy-Weinberg conditions are met. What is the frequency of the blue eye phenotype in the population?

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