Integrated Principles of Zoology 14th Edition by Cleveland Hickman, Larry Roberts, Susan Keen, Allan Larson

Exercise 17

Assume that you are sampling a trait in animal populations; the trait is controlled by a single allelic pair A and a , and you can distinguish all three phenotypes AA, Aa , and aa (intermediate inheritance). Your sample includes: Calculate the distribution of phenotypes in each population as expected under Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Is population I in equilibrium? Is population II in equilibrium?