Flower color in a diploid plant is governed by a single gene with 2 alleles (CR...

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Flower color in a diploid plant is governed by a single genewith 2 alleles (CR and CW). Inheritance offlower color follows a pattern of simple Mendelian genetics withdominance.

Scoring of 1850 plants gives the following data:

FlowerColor                 Genotype   Number

Red    CRCR   467

Red                                     CRCW     946

White                                 CWCW      437

a) The allelic frequency of CR is[A] (enter your answer as a decimal rounded tothree significant figures after the decimal, in the form '0.xyz';be sure to round off correctly).

b) The allelic frequency of CW is[B] (enter your answer as a decimal rounded tothree significant figures after the decimal, in the form '0.xyz';be sure to round off correctly).

Now, assume that this population is in Hardy-Weinberg(H-W) equilibrium at the flower color locus.

c) Under the assumption of H-W equilibrium, theexpected frequency of dominant homozygotes with red flowers underis [C] (enter your answer as a decimal roundedto three significant figures after the decimal, in the form'0.xyz'; be sure to round off correctly).

d) Under the assumption of H-W equilibrium, theexpected frequency of heterozygotes with red flowers is[D] (enter your answer as a decimal rounded tothree significant figures after the decimal, in the form '0.xyz';be sure to round off correctly).

e) Under the assumption of H-W equilibrium, theexpected frequency of recessive homozygotes with white flowers is[E] (enter your answer as a decimal rounded tothree significant figures after the decimal, in the form '0.xyz';be sure to round off correctly).

A chi-square goodness-of-fit test is performed, Thechi-square statistic = .898 and the P value is between 0.5 and0.1.

f) This population of plants[F] in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (entereither 'is' or 'is not' in the space provided).

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