Allele frequency is the relative frequency of a certain allele type among a certain population. Suppose...

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Allele frequency is the relative frequency of a certain alleletype among a certain population. Suppose that within a certainarea, the allele frequency of A, B and O are 0.2, 0.1, and 0.7,respectively. Suppose that when randomly picking up a person, thefirst allele type is independent of the second allele typeregardless of the type. Calculate the following probabilities:

• The probability for this person to have type O blood.

• The probability for this person to have type A blood.

• The probability for this person to have type B blood.

• The probability for this person to have type AB blood.

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The probability for this person to have type O blood Probability that the first allele type is O Probability that the second allele type is O 07 07 049 The probability for this person to have type A blood Probability    See Answer
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