Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium

[futuredoctor10]

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So when given a Hardy Weinberg equilibrium problem, if you are told 14 out of 100 members of a population EXHIBIT or EXPRESS a recessive trait:

then q^2 = 0.14
and you can find q, p, 2pq, whatever the question asks for.

How else could a problem be worded (for example, how would they word a problem to indicate "q" instead of expressed q^2?)

 

[spyderracing32]

So when given a Hardy Weinberg equilibrium problem, if you are told 14 out of 100 members of a population EXHIBIT or EXPRESS a recessive trait:

then q^2 = 0.14
and you can find q, p, 2pq, whatever the question asks for.

How else could a problem be worded (for example, how would they word a problem to indicate "q" instead of expressed q^2?)

they could say the 14 are "homozygous for the the recessive allele"

 

[Jorje286]

So when given a Hardy Weinberg equilibrium problem, if you are told 14 out of 100 members of a population EXHIBIT or EXPRESS a recessive trait:

then q^2 = 0.14
and you can find q, p, 2pq, whatever the question asks for.

How else could a problem be worded (for example, how would they word a problem to indicate "q" instead of expressed q^2?)

They would say the frequency of the allele in the gene pool is q. From this value, you usually can deduce the number of homozygotes for q (q^2), homozygotes for p (p^2) and heterozygotes (2pq).