You do some research and find that a census of Ireland in the 1910s found 65...

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You do some research and find that a census of Ireland in the1910s found 65 individuals afflicted with cystic fibrosis out of100,000 people. You want to investigate whether the gene involvedin cystic fibrosis is under Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. To do this,you use the frequencies observed in the present to determine theexpected number of individuals in each class in the 1910 study.

Frequencies observed in the present: p=.97 , q=.03

Fill in the following table (2 points):

CC

Cc

cc

Total

Expected number of individuals (i.e. numbers based onpresent dataset)

100,000

Observed number of individuals in 1910

65

?2 =

Use the ?2 table provided below to infer thep-value of the test (0.5 points)

Reminder: the p value is found by cross referencing the?2value with the critical value. For example, if your?2 value is 5.34 and the degree of freedom is 1, youwould say 0.05 > p-value> 0.01.

Can you conclude that the gene involved in Cysticfibrosis is in Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium with 95% certainty?Explain why or why not in a sentence or two. (0.5point)

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Answer Based on the given information Present Frequencies in present p 097 and q 003 Expected number of CC current p2100000 0972100000 94090 Expected number of cc current q2100000 0032100000 90 Expected number of Cc current 2pq100000    See Answer
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