9/17 Hardy Weinberg

The Hardy Weinberg equilibrium equation is an equation that calculates the allelic and phenotypic frequencies in a population. The equation is useful because it allows you to get a full picture of the makeup of the population even if there is minimal information given. By having the allelic frequencies we are able to predict what future populations will look like.

Here is my work for the practice problems from the lecture.

An example problem: Unicorns have either a sparkly or shiny horn. Shiny horns are dominant. In a unicorn population of 700 there are 84 unicorns that have sparkly horns. What are the allelic frequencies in the population? How many unicorns are homozygous for a shiny horn?