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In prairie chickens the gene for throat sac size shows simple dominant-recessive inheritance. A recessive allele causes small throat sacks and a dominant allele causes large throat sacks. In a certain population of chickens, 264 chickens show the recessive phenotype and 788 chickens show the dominant phenotype.
What is the frequency of the homozygous recessive genotype?
In prairie chickens the gene for throat sac size shows simple dominant-recessive inheritance. A recessive allele causes small throat sacks and a dominant allele causes large throat sacks. In a certain population of chickens, 264 chickens show the recessive phenotype and 788 chickens show the dominant phenotype.
What is the frequency of the homozygous recessive genotype?
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The correct option is C 0.25
In the prairies, 264 chickens show recessive phenotypes788 chicken show dominant phenotypes (both heterozygous and homozygous)total number of chickens is 1052the chickens with recessive condition is almost 1/4th of the total number of progeniesSo, the frequency of the recessive genotype is 0.25So, the correct answer is '0.25'
In the prairies,
264 chickens show recessive phenotypes
788 chicken show dominant phenotypes (both heterozygous and homozygous)
total number of chickens is 1052
the chickens with recessive condition is almost 1/4th of the total number of progenies
So, the frequency of the recessive genotype is 0.25
So, the correct answer is '0.25'
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