In a population of Canadian Eskimos the autosomal recessive gene for albinism exists at an allele frequency of 0.04. What proportion of these individuals are expected to heterozygous? a. 0.02 b. 0.0285 c. 0.0384 d. 0.0768 e. 0.0112 Solution p + q = 1 q = 0.04 p = 1- q = 1 - 0.04 = 0.96 The proportion of heterozygous individual is = 2 X 0.96 X 0.04 = 0.0768.

1. In a population of Canadian Eskimos the autosomal recessive gene for albinism exists at an allele
frequency of 0.04. What proportion of these individuals are expected to heterozygous? a. 0.02 b.
0.0285 c. 0.0384 d. 0.0768 e. 0.0112
Solution
p + q = 1
q = 0.04
p = 1- q = 1 - 0.04 = 0.96
The proportion of heterozygous individual is = 2 X 0.96 X 0.04 = 0.0768