POPULATION GENETICS (Hardy-Weinberg's Equation)

Q.1.

Which of the following is NOT an assumption required for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

Possible Answers:

A. Random mating

B. No selection is occurring

C. No migration

D. Population size must fluctuate

E. No mutations

Q.2.

According to Hardy-Weinberg calculations, a population's allele frequency will remain the same from
generation to generation as long as evolution is not occurring. There are five conditions that must be
met for equilibrium to remain in effect in a population.

Which of the following is not a condition for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium to remain in effect?

Possible Answers:

A. Nonrandom mating must occur

B. No gene flow may occur

C. No mutations may occur

D. The population must be large

E. No selection may occur

Q.3.

Imagine that a population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. A certain gene presents as two different
alleles, and 49% of the population is homozygous dominant.

What percentage of the population is homozygous recessive?

Possible Answers:

A. 9%

B. 51%

C. Further information is needed to solve the problem

D. 42%

Q.4.

In a population of fruit flies, the allele for red eyes is dominant to the allele for white eyes. If 50% the
population is heterozygous and 25% is homozygous for white eyes, what is the frequency of the allele
for red eyes?

Possible Answers:

A. 0.33

B. 0.25

C. 0.75

D. 0.50

Q.5.

The allele frequencies for a population displaying Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium were found to be 0.4
dominant and 0.6 recessive. What percentage of the population is homozygous dominant?
Possible Answers:

A. 0.04

B. 0.16

C. 0.84

D. 0.06

Q.6.

A population of snails is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The snails come in two different colors: red, the
dominant phenotype, and white, the recessive phenotype. There are sixteen homozygous dominant,
forty-eight heterozygous, and thirty-six homozygous recessive snails.

What are the allele frequencies for this population?

Possible Answers:

p=0.35 and q=0.65

p=1.0 and q=0.0

p=0.4 and q=0.6

p=0.2 and q=0.8

Q.7.

A population of snails is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The snails come in two different colors: red, the
dominant phenotype, and white, the recessive phenotype. The population consists of sixty-four red
snails and thirty-six white snails.

Assuming that the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, what is the value of q?

Possible Answers:

A. 0.4

B. 0.8

C. 0.6

D. 0.2

Q.8.

A population of snails is originally in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The snails come in two different
colors: red, the dominant phenotype, and white, the recessive phenotype. The original population has a
dominant allele frequency of 0.6 and a recessive allele frequency of 0.4. A new predator is introduced to
the habitat that is particularly fond of the red snails. After a few years the dominant allele frequency has
been reduced to 0.2.

What is the recessive allele frequency after the introduction of this predator?

Possible Answers:

A. 0.6

B. 0.8

C. 0.4

D. 0.2

Q.9.

A population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. In the population, 1% of individuals show the recessive

trait for blue eyes. What is the value of p in this situation?

Possible Answers:

A. 0.01

B. 0.9
C. 0.81

D. 0.1

Q.10.

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

Possible Answers:

A. 0.4

B. More information is required to solve

C. 0.6

D. 0.16