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Hardy Weinberg

Hardy Weinberg

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Biology

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Joseph Anderson

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9 Slides • 31 Questions

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Multiple Choice

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Someone steps on some bugs and randomly removes their alleles from the population. This is an example of

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gene flow

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genetic drift

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speciation

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allele frequency

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Multiple Choice

There are 3 T alleles and 7 t alleles in a population. Calculate the frequency of the recessive allele.

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30%

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70%

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10%

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4%

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Multiple Choice

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A drastic reduction in the size of a population that can change allele frequencies is called

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the bottleneck effect

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the founder effect

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the gene flow effect

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the Thanos effect

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Multiple Choice

If a population of lizards is isolated on an island, with no new immigrants over many years, any new genetic variations are most likely to come from

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recessive alleles

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natural selection

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mutations

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speciation

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Multiple Choice

The Amish have a higher frequency of polydactyly (extra fingers) in their community than the general population. This is due to the allele for extra fingers being present in the group that started the Amish community.

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The difference in allele frequency is due to genetic flow.

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The difference in allele frequency is due to the founder effect.

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The difference in allele frequency is due to a bottleneck.

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The difference in allele frequency is due to speciation.

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Multiple Choice

An allele combination (BB, Bb, or bb) is called a

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phenotype

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genotype

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mutation

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gene flow

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Multiple Choice

Small populations are more prone to genetic drift than large populations.

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True

2

False

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Hardy-Weinberg Introduction

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Open Ended

Do you think Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium is realistic? Why or why not?

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Hardy-Weinberg Practice Problem

You have sampled a population in which 36
out of 100 individuals show the homozygous
recessive phenotype (aa).

Find the frequency of the aa genotype.

The frequency of the a allele

The frequency of the A allele

The frequencies of the genotypes AA and Aa

p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1

p + q = 1

p = frequency of A (dominant allele)

q = frequency of a (recessive allele)

p2 = frequency of AA (homozygous
dominant genotype)

2pq = frequency Aa (heterozygous
genotype)

q2 = frequency aa (homozygous recessive
genotype)

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Punnett Squares - What is the ratio for this heterozygous cross?

In some birds, blue eggshells are dominant to
white eggshells

In this punnett square, p represents the
dominant alleles and q represents the recessive
alleles

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Multiple Choice

p + q = 1. If p represents the dominant allele frequency, what would q represent?

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the homozygous dominant genotype frequency

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the recessive allele frequency

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the total amount of alleles in the population

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a measure of fitness in the population

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Multiple Choice

In the Hardy-Weinberg Equation, p is the frequency of what?

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The recessive allele 

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the dominant allele

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the recessive genotype

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the dominant genotype

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Multiple Choice

In the Hardy-Weinberg Equation, q is the frequency of what?

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The recessive allele 

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the dominant allele

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the recessive genotype

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the dominant genotype

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Multiple Choice

In the Hardy-Weinberg Equation, q2 is the frequency of what?
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The recessive allele 

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the dominant allele

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the recessive genotype

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the dominant genotype

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Multiple Choice

In the Hardy-Weinberg Equation, p2 is the frequency of what?

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The recessive allele 

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the dominant allele

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the recessive genotype

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the dominant genotype

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Multiple Choice

p + q always equals 1. Which answer choice best explains this?

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1 individual could have a dominant or a recessive allele.

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The population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The 1 indicates that the population has not evolved.

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In terms of frequency, 1 is the highest possible number you can have.

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In terms of frequency, 1 is the same as 100%. All alleles in a population added up give you 100% of the alleles.

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Multiple Select

A rather large population of foxes has 555 individuals with tan fur and 390 individuals with red fur. Assume that red is recessive.

What should you try to start with?

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p

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q

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q2

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p2

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Multiple Choice

A rather large population of foxes has 555 individuals with tan fur and 390 individuals with red fur. Assume that red is recessive.

If you started with q2 what do you find next?

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p

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q

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q2

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p2

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Multiple Choice

A rather large population of foxes has 555 individuals with tan fur and 390 individuals with red fur. Assume that red is recessive.

Now that you have q, what should you solve for next?

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p

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q

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q2

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p2

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Open Ended

A rather large population of foxes has 555 individuals with tan fur and 390 individuals with red fur. Assume that red is recessive. Calculate the following: 

1. The frequencies of each allele. 

2. The frequencies of each genotype.

3. How many foxes are of the heterozygous genotype?

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Multiple Choice

If the frequency of recessive allele is 0.2, what is the frequency of the homozygous recessive individuals?

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0.04

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0.16

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0.4

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0.8

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Multiple Choice

The allele frequency of p=.20 What is the frequency of the heterozygous genotype?

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.80

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.04

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.32

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.64

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Multiple Choice

The allele frequency of p=.20 What is the frequency of the recessive genotype?

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.80

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.04

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.32

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.64

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Multiple Choice

A population of 150 individuals has an allele frequency of 0.3 for the dominant allele (B) and a frequency of 0.7 for the recessive allele (b). Use the Hardy-Weinberg equation to determine the frequency of the genotype (bb).
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0.09

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0.42

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0.49

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0.21

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Open Ended

Why does it make sense that the frequency of the homozygous dominant genotype is p2?

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Open Ended

In your notes, complete a Punnett Square for 2 parents with the genotype pq. How do the results support the Hardy-Weinberg equation? (p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1)

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Multiple Choice

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Which values can be plugged into the equation? p + q = 1

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0.6 and 0.16

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0.6 and 0.4

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0.4 and 0.16

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0.48 and 0.36

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Multiple Choice

If 0.49 + 0.42 + 0.09 = 1 (p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1), what is the value for p?

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0.09

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0.07

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0.7

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0.9

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Open Ended

p2 + 2pq + 0.81 = 1 Find the missing values (p2 and 2pq)

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Hardy-Weinberg Example Problem

In a population of 1000 chickens, 840 hens lay blue eggs and
160 hens lay white eggs. Use the equation p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1 to
determine the predicted genotypic frequencies for this
population.

Variables

p = frequency of O (dominant allele, blue shell)

q = frequency of o (recessive allele, white shell)

p2 = frequency of chickens with OO (homozygous
dominant genotype)

2pq = frequency of chickens Oo (heterozygous genotype)

q2 = frequency of chickens with oo (homozygous
recessive genotype)

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Someone steps on some bugs and randomly removes their alleles from the population. This is an example of

1

gene flow

2

genetic drift

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speciation

4

allele frequency

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