EAMCET Medical EAMCET Medical Solved Paper-2004

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    In a population of 650 rabbits which are in Hardy Weinberg equilibrium and 39 of them express a recessive allele (s) for short ears, estimate the number of homozygous (ss) rabbits.

    A)  234                                       

    B)  377

    C)  432                                       

    D)  218

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                     Total no. of rabbits = 650 Number if rabbits with recessive alleles = 390 According to law of Hardy- Wleinberg equilibrium Forallelic frequency \[{{(A+a)}^{2}}=1\]                                         ?(1) for genotypic frequency \[AA\text{ }+\text{ }2Aa\text{ }+\text{ }aa=\text{ }1\]                                   ...(2) where A = frequency of dominant allele a= frequency of recessive allele The frequency of recessive  allele\[a=\frac{390}{650}=0.6\] from equation (1), frequency of other allele A + a= 1 A = 1- 0.6 = 0.4 frequency for occurring of homozygous (aa)\[=0.6\times 0.6=0.36\] So the number of genotypes with (aa) = \[650\times 0.36=234.\]


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