Assume you are studying some species of flower that comes in three different colors: red, pink,...

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Assume you are studying some species of flower that comes inthree different colors: red, pink, and white. You know that coloris determined by a single locus with two alleles with incompletedominance. You count 124 red flowers, 62 pink flowers, and 30 whiteflowers. What are the allele frequencies and is the population inHardy-Weinberg equilibrium? Calculate the chi squared teststatistic and p-value.

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Estimation of allele frequencies Phenotype Genotype Freequency Allele R Allele r Total Red RR 124 248 0 248 Pink Rr 62 62 62 124 White rr 30 0 60 60 Total    See Answer
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