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Within a given population of 4000 Vampire bats in Africa, the dominant allele frequency for long ear hairs is .2. What is the frequency of heterozygous bats within the population?

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Based on the data provided, the frequency of heterozygous bats within the population is 0.32

What is the allele frequency?

Allele frequency can be defined as the frequency in which a given allele for a gene occurs in a population.

Allele are alternate copies of a gene.

Alleles can be either dominant, recessive or co-dominant.

The allele frequency is given by the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium equation given below:

  • p^{2} + 2pq + q^{2} = 1
  • p + q = 1

For the vampire bats:

p = 0.2

then; q = 0.8

p^{2} = 0.04

q^{2} = 0.64

The frequency of heterozygous bats within the population = 2pq

2pq = 1 - (0.04 + 0.64)

2pq = 0.32

Therefore, the frequency of heterozygous bats within the population is 0.32

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